Angelo Zgorelec (1940 – 17 April 2025) was a Croatian-born publisher who was the founder of the first British personal computer magazine, ''

Personal Computer World ''Personal Computer World'' (''PCW'') (February 1978 - June 2009) was the first British computer magazine. Although for at least the last decade it contained a high proportion of Windows PC content (reflecting the state of the IT field), the m ...

'' (PCW).

Biography

Anđelko Zgorelec was born in the Croatian city of

Koprivnica Koprivnica () is a city in Northern Croatia, located 70 kilometers northeast of Zagreb. It is the capital and the largest city of Koprivnica-Križevci County. In 2011, the city's administrative area of 90.94 km2 had a total populati ...

and moved to the UK on a seasonal job in the 1960s. He worked odd jobs and at some point worked in newspaper distribution, where he noticed how newspapers about computers mostly came from the US, and decided to start a British paper about computers together with Meyer Solomon. He published the first issue of ''Personal Computer World'' in February 1978 and continued publishing the first 16 monthly issues by himself. In August 1979,

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took a majority stake in the magazine and the exhibition PCW Show. Two years later, the magazine was sold to the Dutch company VNU. It closed in 2009. Zgorelec continued working in publishing for the next 20 years, with some smaller titles such as ''Office at Home'', ''Practical Electronics'', ''Program Now'', and ''

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'' which was edited by

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. He also started the European astronomy show ''Astrofest''. Zgorelec died on 17 April 2025.In Memoriam: Anđelko Zgorelec (1940-2025)

References

1940 births 2025 deaths British people of Croatian descent British publishers (people) Year of birth missing People from Koprivnica {{UK-business-bio-stub