Times of the Islands Fall 2019

TIM COTRONEO
Robert and Anett’s business reputation has grown to the point where clients arrive from Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China, India, Chile,
North America and Europe to kiteboard on Long Bay Beach.
For Anett Pasztor, these events were only the beginning
of her major life changes. Between Hungary and
Turks & Caicos, Pasztor’s before-to-after existence took
more turns than a kiteboarder performing in gale force
winds. Let’s back up to what got Pasztor rolling on a journey
that reads like a romance novel turned best-selling
business book.
New life, new love, new world
In 2008, a then 28-year-old Anett Pasztor was Hungary’s
youngest Deputy Director of Corporate Banking. The
world’s economic crisis impacted Pasztor’s business life
to the point where she was working 12-hour days under
four different bosses in a year.
Pasztor was called into a meeting and asked if she
could be counted on help support boss number four. “I
was so tired of the conflict and the turmoil. I remember
sighing and then saying NO. Up until that point, I always
felt I could change the world. I decided after seven years
in banking I needed something new,” Pasztor said.
Pasztor’s plan was to relax for three months and discover
what to do next, career-wise. But first she needed
to rejuvenate and take part in a bit of adventure. Pasztor
decided to learn Spanish, and the sport of kiteboarding,
Robert and Anett now have two children and three businesses in the
TCI, including a new school for children opening this fall.
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