Orlando Szasz entered the business world while still in college. He founded Renania alongside his brother and less than 7 years after its launch, Renania became the leader of the Romanian safety equipment market, a position which it has maintained to this day.

The Szasz brothers also acquired a relevant position in Top 500 Forbes during the years.

After 17 successful years in his leading role, Orlando Szasz has decided to handover the CEO position in Renania and focused more on exploring the world and helping startup founders build new and innovative organizations through his Business Angel projects.

He accepted to be one of the judges on the Romanian version of the Dragons’ Den TV show and consequently he invested also in few Romanian entrepreneurial projects.

Orlando Szasz graduated from the Faculty of Dentistry at UMF Targu-Mures, his natal town, and later on earned his PhD at the same University.

Orlando Szasz is fluent in German, Italian, Hungarian and English. He enjoys contact sports and is passionate about Formula 1, horology and art.

He was also featured in the “Top 50 Romanian Successful Entrepreneurs” and the “Top 100 most admired Romanian managers” by Business Magazine.