She never wanted to be an entrepreneur, but during Covid, when she lost her job overnight, she experienced firsthand that the supposedly secure life of an employee isn’t so secure after all. That’s when she decided to pursue her long-time dream and co-founded CLICKnCRUISE, a startup that mediates cruise trips. Together with their investors, who also act as mentors, they grew the business to a value of 1.3 billion HUF in three years, and they are now focusing on international expansion. We interviewed Petra Hajdu-Pásztor, a former Corvinus student.

Not only current students, but also our alumni automatically gain more value from their degrees if the university rises in one of the most important international higher education rankings, the QS World University Rankings. In this process, the alumni community connected to the university plays an important role.

Ádám Bándy, senior project manager and former Corvinus student, has received the Project Manager of the Year award for introducing the QR-code payment ecosystem developed in cooperation with the Hungarian National Bank and GIRO Zrt.