Margareta Křížová

Margareta Krizova is a business strategist, M&A adviser, and author who has spent over 30 years working across the full spectrum of business, from multinational corporate advisory to startup mentoring. Based near Prague in the Czech Republic, she co-founded CEAG, a boutique advisory firm, with two American partners in 1993, just four years after the Velvet Revolution. She rose to head the firm's mergers and acquisitions division, working on transactions involving companies such as Levi Strauss and Colgate-Palmolive entering the Central European market.

At 53, Margareta sold her equity stake and transitioned to independent practice. She now combines selective M&A advisory work with entrepreneurship mentoring, heading the Newton University Business Accelerator (now in its fifth year), and writing. Her third book, "Third Career" (published March 2026), explores how experienced professionals can build meaningful work after 50, whether through business, side hustles, or new pursuits. She previously appeared as an investor on Den D, the Czech version of Dragons' Den.