Hrvoje Josip Balen is a co-founder and board member of Algebra University, the largest and fastest-growing educational group in Croatia, with 15,000 students, participants, high school graduates, and teenagers passing through its system annually. Algebra employs 210 full-time staff and collaborates monthly with an additional 400 external teachers, lecturers, and project experts who contribute to the delivery of regular and part-time studies, MBA business programs, specialist training, and educational projects both in Croatia and abroad. Within the organization, he is responsible for marketing communications, public relations, and part of strategic development.
Hrvoje is also the president of the HUP ICT Association and has been the coordinator of the HUP working group for the preparation of the latest tax reform proposal and labor relief, as well as the coordinator of the HUP working group for the preparation of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan. Together with his business partners, he received the EY Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2020 and has also been recognized by the Croatian Chamber of Commerce for promoting the Croatian economy. Since March 2024, he has been a member of the Committee for Financial and Organizational Affairs and a member of the Assembly of GNK Dinamo.
