Václav Laurin

Czech entrepreneur (1865-1930) · Founders · Died at 65

Václav Laurin was a Czech engineer, industrialist and automotive pioneer. He, along with Václav Klement, founded automobile manufacturer Laurin & Klement that later became Škoda Auto, the largest Czech company.

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Václav Laurin (right) and Václav Klement (middle, both highlighted) next to the Czechoslovak president Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (left)

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Founders born in the 1860s 6

Oscar Troplowitz48.7 of 100

Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen48.1 of 100 Max Riese49.0 of 100

Václav Klement46.1 of 100

Carl Miele49.4 of 100

Johann Puch46.0 of 100