Petr Kellner (1986) - Founder of PPF Group, one of the wealthiest individuals in the Czech Republic.
Tomáš Baťa - Business magnate, founder of the Bata shoe company, though he studied before the university was officially established as BUT.
Jiří Drahoš (1986) - Chemist, former President of the Czech Academy of Sciences, and a candidate in the 2018 Czech presidential election.
Jan Fischer - Economist and politician, served as the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, though his connection to BUT is less direct as he studied at the University of Economics, Prague.
