Davorin Stetner is a Croatian entrepreneur and investor. He is President & CEO at his KREATOR GROUP which consists of companies, brands and investments. Among the others he is president of the Croatian Business Angels Network – CRANE, president of the Croatian Automobile & Karting Federation and sport official at FIA (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile).

Born on 10th of November 1981. In Zagreb, Croatia Stetner founded first company when he was 20. He is founder and owner of various businesses with the focus on the media & entertainment industry like Central European motorsport TV network and broadcasting company – Kreator TV which now broadcasts races from the biggest motorsport venues like Valencia, Hungaroring, Brands Hatch and others. Stetner has huge premium sports and television production experience. He worked, and he is working with the biggest names in the industry like Formula 1™, Volvo Ocean Race™, MotoGP™, Eurosport and others. He leads multiple projects for more than 20 years and he built numerous media projects and TV stations from scratch.

He made a world breakthrough with acquisition of Formula 1™ media rights for Croatia in 2011. when he negotiated and signed a contract with Bernie Ecclestone beating huge multinational companies. At 29 years old then, he became the world’s youngest private F1™ rights holder. As he later said – Formula 1™ and the contacts and friendships he made there were his true breakthrough and lifetime value.

Stetner is an active angel investor with a wide portfolio of investments in startup companies around the world, mainly in Europe and USA. From 2015. He is the President of the well known union of investors – Croatian Business Angels Network – CRANE. In the second mandate He is Board member at EBAN – European Business Angels Network – World’s largest business angel investors union.

President of Croatia Kolinda Grabar – Kitarovic appointed him as advisor to her Presidential Economic Council in 2015. Stetner was there for five years until 2020. He was a member of the Innovation Council appointed by the Croatian Minister of Economy 2018 – 2020. Stetner has significant experience in diplomacy and working with Governments from representing the President of Croatia as personal envoy to being a member of many high-level conferences and meetings like Wilton Park, Dubrovnik Forum, Global Entrepreneurship Summit, Dubai Airshow Vista and others. He is actively working with international institutions, Corps diplomatique and world leaders.

Motorsports is his big love. He founded Kreator Racing Team in 2012 to help young drivers compete at the World stage. Kreator Racing made great results in Formula Renault Italia (Vice champion), Karting and Motocross. Team holds more than 20 national and international Championships titles and is one of the most successful motorsports teams in Croatia.

He joined Croatian Automobile & Karting Federation first as a Board member in 2011 Then Deputy President in 2017 and in 2019 was elected as the president of the federation (re-elected in 2021) which is a member of the International Automobile Federation – FIA. In FIA he obtain multiple roles as Croatian delegate, FIA ASN Development Task Force member, FIA eSport Commission member and others. Stetner was among three people responsible for bringing the FIA World Rally Championship – WRC in Croatia in 2021 obtaining the role of the WRC Croatia Rally President of the Steering Committee.

Other big loves are the travels and the expeditions. Stetner is an adventurer who has traveled through many countries of the world like Ivory Coast, Liberia, DR Congo, Panama, Bhutan… So far he has visited more than 80 countries. He has a Pilot License (PPL) and he is a skipper.