Cortec corporation boris miksic biography

Croatian businessman and politician

Boris Mikšić (born 11 October 1948 in Zagreb) is a Croatian businessman and politician.

Cortec corporation boris miksic biography

Mikšić was born in Zagreb, then part of SFR Yugoslavia. He graduated from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture in 1973. He then emigrated to the United States of America, settling in Minnesota where he gradually began his business, Cortec Corporation.^[1] Over the years he became one of the wealthiest Croatian Americans.

He first ventured into the Croatian politics as an independent candidate in the 2003 parliamentary elections.

In 2005, he ran as an independent candidate in the Croatian presidential election. His campaign was partially based on his autobiography Američki san dečka s Trešnjevke (American dream of a kid from Trešnjevka) that he had published in 1994 - creating image of a simple Zagreb youth, who fulfilled the American Dream.^[1] It was also based on his oppos