Markéta Šichtařová

Marketa Šichtařová (born 29 October 1976 in Kladno) is a Czech economist, author and businesswoman. She is director of Next Finance, a consulting firm, which she founded in 2004.

Career
Šichtařová studied Economic Policy and Financial Markets, graduating from the University of Economics in Prague. She has worked in analytical positions at Volksbank CZ. She left her position at Volksbank in 2004 to set up her own analytical and consulting company, Next Finance.

Šichtařová is also a blogger on iDNES.cz, and was named blogger of the year on the site in 2011.

In 2006 and 2007 Šichtařová served as the head of the economic advisory team of the Czech Minister of Finance, Vlastimil Tlustý.

Selected works

 * Všechno je jinak aneb Co nám neřekli o důchodech, euru a budoucnosti (Everything is different: What they did not tell us about pensions, the Euro and the future), Prague: Grada, 2011, ISBN 978-80-247-4207-6; with Vladimír Pikora.
 * Nahá pravda aneb Co nám neřekli o našich penězích a budoucnosti (Naked Truth: What they did not tell us about our money and the future), Prague: NF Distribution, 2012 ISBN 978-80-260-2811-6; with Vladimír Pikora.
 * Lumpové a beránci (Lump and Lambs), Prague: NF Distribution, 2014 ISBN 978-80-905564-1-6, with Vladimír Pikora.
 * Zlatý poklad (Golden Treasure), Prague: NF Distribution, 2015 ISBN 978-80-905564-3-0, with Vladimír Pikora
 * Jak to vidí Šichtařová (As Šichtařová sees it), Prague: NF Distribution, 2016 ISBN 978-80-905564-6-1, with Vladimír Pikora.
 * Robot na konci tunelu: Zpráva o podivném stavu světa a co s tím (Robot at the end of the tunnel: Report on the strange state of the world), NF Distribution, 2017, ISBN 978-80-88200-04-8, with Vladimír Pikora.

Personal life
Šichtařová is married to the Czech economist Vladimír Pikora. They have 7 children as of April 2021.