The award recognises outstanding business results achieved in a year marked by strong growth across the KONČAR Group, record profitability and continued expansion in domestic and international markets.

This year's award adds to KONČAR's strong track record in this competition. In 2024, Gordan Kolak received the Business leader of the year award from both the expert jury and readers. The following year, KONČAR was named Business event of the year by readers, in recognition of the significant increase in the company's market value.

Alongside Kolak, Željko Kukurin, President of the Management Board of Valamar Riviera, received the 2026 Business leader of the year award based on readers' votes. TT Kabeli Hrvatska was named Best small and medium-sized company. In the Business event of the year category, the completion of the Rijeka Oil Refinery modernisation project received the readers' award, while the sale of a majority stake in DOK-ING to Germany's Rheinmetall was selected by the expert jury.

This is the third award won by Gordan Kolak and KONČAR in this competition over the past three years, confirming the Group's consistent business performance and its position among Croatia's leading companies.