Stjepan Orešković is an academic, entrepreneur, and strategist whose career fuses rigorous scientific inquiry with transformational corporate leadership. He began by developing methods for the global HIV epidemic surveillance—publishing in The Lancet and BMJ, directing the WHO Collaborating Centre for HIV Strategic Information, and training 2,600 professionals across 110 countries—before applying those same data-driven methods to business.
Orešković founded Bosqar Invest with his life partner Manica Pirc Orešković. A publicly listed company grew from a regional CX&IT services provider into a 22-country, 18,000-employee powerhouse. Through targeted M&A, AI-powered platforms, and new ventures in agri-food, e-commerce, HR and edtech, the group delivered a 62% CAGR between 2019 and 2024. Now, bringing together scientific rigor and entrepreneurial grit, he’s teamed up with the Atlantic Council to launch Future 500 at the 2025 Bled Strategic Forum—an initiative designed to spotlight Europe’s fastest-growing, impact-driven companies and ignite the next wave of sustainable innovation
Academic & Scientific Leadership

• Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
• Tenured Professor, University of Zagreb School of Medicine
• Founder & Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for HIV Strategic Information
• Published in The Lancet, BMJ, Addiction; N&T Research
• Fellowships at Harvard Medical School & Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital HMS;
• Principal Investigator at 14 international research projects including Global
• Lectured at LSE, Bocconi, Lubljana, and Sorbonne among many others.

Business & Record-Breaking Growth

• Founder & Majority Shareholder, Bosqar Invest (formerly M+ Group): a diversified multinational investment group
• Operations in 20+ countries with 18 000+ employees—Croatia’s second-largest private employer
• Achieved 62% CAGR (2019–2024) through targeted M&A, AI-driven services and entry into agri-food, e-commerce, HR and edtech
• Issued Croatia’s first sustainability-linked bond (2022), tying capital to 25% emissions cut and 51% female leadership

Recognition & Personal Drive

• Global Research Award for Nicotine Dependence (2017)
• Nikola Tesla Award for Ethical Business Practices (2023)
• Great Charter of Croatian–Turkish Friendship (2024)
• Order of the Croatian Star with the Effigy of Katarina Zrinska (1996)
• Former junior national track & field champion, marathon runner; ex-VP of the Croatian Athletics Federation
• Lives by curiosity, persistence and respect—values he now brings to Future 500’s mission.