Mihajlo Vučetić
Mihajlo Vučetić[1] (Serbian Cyrillic: Михајло Вучетић; c. 1790 – 1882) was a Serbian grain merchant, shipowner and shareholder in Austrian Lloyd.
Background[edit]
Trieste and Venice were of great significance for the cultural history of the Serbs at the turn of the 18th to the 19th century. A wealthy and well‐organised Serbian community operated in Trieste, producing the biggest names in Serbian culture and more than a dozen successful merchants, shipowners, bankers and philanthropists.
The first prominent Trieste representative of the Vučetić family was Mihajlo Vučetić who emigrated to Austria from Venetian Boka Kotorska.
Family life[edit]
Vučetić married Ana Riznić, daughter of Stefan Riznić. They had five children: Katerina, Eliza, Stefan, Djordje and Jovan. Mihajlo Vučetić received a patent of nobility from Bishop Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, and the title "noble of Grbalj, like his brother Archimandrite Stefan (Vučetić) of Grblja.[2]
Career[edit]
By Imperial decree on 31 December 1814, Mihajlo Vučetić's wholesale trading company was established. Since then, it only flourished. In 1871 Vučetić founded the shipping company Adria in Trieste.[3] The company had three steamships and started working successfully for seven years until his shipping business branched out into the insurance sector. He became a shareholder in Austrian Lloyd in 1878[4] and was the head of the Monte Civico Commerciale bank.[5]
Death[edit]
Vučetić died in Trieste.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Ekonomska revija. Zveza ekonomistov Slovenije. 1953.
- ^ Pisma Petra Petrovica Njegosa. Državna štamparija. 1940.
- ^ Cucic, Vesna (2006). "BOKELJI IZMEÐU BOKE I TRSTA/Boka - Kotorska Men Between The Bay of Kotor and Trieste". Nase More. 53 (1/2). Dubrovnik: 77–88. ProQuest 229366969.
- ^ Boka. 1969.
- ^ a b Vucetich, Michele (Michael, Mihailo) (in German). 2003. doi:10.1553/0x003a0de0. ISBN 978-3-7001-3213-4.