Austrian Entrepreneur Announced as European Laureate at Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards 2018

Cartier has announced Austrian, Kristina Tsvetanova, as the 2018 Cartier Women's Initiative Awards European laureate. Kristina received her award at the programme's annual ceremony, held in Singapore.

Kristina is revolutionising technology for the blind by launching BLITAB, the world’s first tactile tablet for blind and partially sighted people. Kristina was inspired by her classmate’s daily struggle at University and, at only 23 years old, moved to Austria to follow her dream and pilot her product.

Cartier CEO Cyrille Vigneron announced the six laureates selected by an independent international jury amongst nearly 2,800 applications from over 130 countries.

Each laureate has been awarded US$100,000 in prize money. All laureates and finalists will be receiving personalized business coaching, media visibility, networking opportunities as well as the option to attend an INSEAD Executive Program (ISEP).

For more information, please contact Caterina Bergamaschi on caterina.bergamaschi@tvcgroup.com or call +4420 7380 8000.