Thomas J. Bata

Tomáš Jan Baťa, (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtomaːʃ jan ˈbaca], September 17, 1914 – September 1, 2008), also known as Tomas Bata Jr. and Tomáš Baťa ml. and "Shoemaker to the World", ran the Bata Shoe Company from the 1940s until the 1980s.