Zoltán Kész
President, Free Market FoundationZoltan Kesz is one of the founders of the Free Market Foundation in Hungary. Zoltan had the chance right after the changes took place in 1990 to study in America, and 10 years later to teach American History in a California high-school as a Fulbright scholar. He was the first graduate of the Atlas Leadership Academy in 2012. Still as a teacher, he has written several course-books for learners of English. He became the Asia Entrepreneur of the Year in February, 2013 with the common project of the Free Market Foundation and Political Capital to target racism in Hungary. This year the Free Market Foundation has launched three important projects: it helped to set up the Eötvös József Club, which is going to be part of the Students for Liberty network. The foundation has started a serious anti-racist campaign to combat the rising anti-Semitic tendencies in the country. The FMF has also established the Civil Platform, which is campaigning to have a lot of people practice their freedom to vote at the next general elections.In the past year, Zoltan has given several lectures and speeches on Hungary including issues such as radical collectivism, rising nationalism and racism.
