Anniversary celebration for Bata Shoe Group
22/04/2026
The chief executive of the Bata Shoe Group, Panos Mytaros, has marked the 150 th anniversary of the birth of the company’s founder, Tomas Bata. The Czech industrialist was born in the city of Zlin in April 1876. He founded his now-famous footwear company in 1894 at the age of 18.