Evžen Korec

Evzen Korec (born September 16, 1956) is a Czech scientist, businessman, and the owner/CEO of the real estate development company EKOSPOL and Tabor Zoo.[1] He is the co-author of 11 patents and more than 20 research articles published in international scientific journals. Korec has also written six books.[2]

Education and scientific career

Korec graduated from the Faculty of Science, Charles University in 1981, in Molecular Biology and Genetics. His master's thesis was titled "Analysis of Susceptibility and Resistance to Rous Sarcoma Virus in Inbred Line of Minor Poultry." Between 1983 and 1986, he worked as a researcher at the Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, where he received a Ph.D. in Oncology with his doctoral thesis, "The Expression and Detection of Virus Proteins of Tumor Viruses."[3]

Business career

In 1992, he founded the real estate development company EKOSPOL, and has served as its CEO and chairman since then. EKOSPOL is one of the two largest residential developers in the Czech Republic by market share of apartment sales,[4] and has also been listed among the 50 leading residential developers in Central and Eastern Europe by a trade magazine.[5]

Korec lectures regularly at the University of Economics in Prague,[6] and frequently comments on residential development, construction, housing market and the mortgage market in Czech media. Between 2010 and 2016 and in 2018, he was the most frequently quoted public figure in the Czech development industry, and EKOSPOL was the most frequently mentioned development company in the media.[7]

Korec's rule

As the CEO of EKOSPOL development company, Korec formulated Korec's rule, which says: "The final sales price of an apartment with the area of up to 50 m2 must correspond to a maximum of 20 times the annual rent in a given location. For larger apartments (large bedroom apartments, two-bedroom apartments, etc.) the sales price should be on the level of a maximum of 25 to 30 times the annual rent."[8]

Korec's rule helps a person interested in buying an apartment to relatively precisely determine the maximum sales price of an apartment in a given location. This rule applies generally, independent of the location. The rent price already reflects the attractiveness of the location, and the current rent price of a given location can be easily found on real estate websites.

Animal protection

Korec is also involved in animal protection and preservation. Korec purchased Tabor Zoo in 2015 after its shutdown. Later that year, the zoo reopened to the public, with a focus on the protection of endangered animals. Korec raises a variety of animals, including koi carp and horses. He is the owner of the Korec Corso kennel.

Scientific research

Korec leads a scientific group in Tabor Zoo focused on the genetics of two animal models – dogs and Bison sp.[9] His group determined the average lifespan of Cane Corso dogs through a study of a statistically significant group in cooperation with 72 Cane Corso kennels from 25 countries. The research aims to extend the life of Cane Corso dogs. In this publication, the relationship between average lifespan and hair colour was described in mammals for the first time. The research results were published in the Open Veterinary Journal.[10] He has also researched the inheritance of coat colour in the Cane Corso Italiano breed, describing the segregation ratio of coat colour in the offspring in relation to the coat colour of the parents. The results suggest that at least one gene responsible for coat colouring is located on the sex chromosome. The findings are supposed to help breeders predict various traits of the litter.[11]

Personal life

Korec is married to Jana, and they have one son.[12]

References
  1. Janouš, Václav (2015-04-21). "Byznysmen Korec koupil táborskou zoo. Zaplatí za ni 16,2 milionu korun". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  2. Macek, Jiří (2014-06-06). "Toužíte investovat do nemovitostí. Ne? Otevřít oči by vám mohla nová kniha". Deník.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  3. "CV - Evžen Korec, MSc., Ph.D. | Korec Corso - Chovatelská stanice Cane Corso Italiano". Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  4. Development market in Prague is heading to the triumvirate, market concentration will continue
  5. 50 leading residential developers in Central and Eastern Europe
  6. Report on the conference - Factors prosperity of enterprises in the local and global environment 2013
  7. "Czech developers in media: Evžen Korec and EKOSPOL have strengthened positions". Archived from the original on 2015-07-26. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
  8. Miroslav., Škvára (2016). Finanční gramotnost (Druhé vydání ed.). Praha. ISBN 9788090482333. OCLC 965748296.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  9. "Evzen Korec on ResearchGate".
  10. "Longevity of Cane Corso Italiano dog breed and its relationship with hair colour" (PDF).
  11. Korec, Evžen; Hančl, Matyáš; Bydžovská, Marie; Chalupa, Ondřej; Korcová, Jana (2019). "Inheritance of coat colour in the cane Corso Italiano dog". BMC Genetics. 20 (1): 24. doi:10.1186/s12863-019-0731-2. PMC 6398231. PMID 30832561.
  12. Relaxing with koi carps
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