Jaroslav Řehůřek was born in 1924 in Kunštát, Czechoslovakia. He received several Czechoslovakian patents for inventions in machining. In 1967, he became the technical director of a new Czechoslovakia-France company in Paris. Since 1975, he has lived in Paris but remains connected to his hometown of Kunštát, where he supports younger and older residents. Since 2007, Řehůřek has offered cooperation and financial support to his former school in Kunštát, donating over a quarter million Czech crowns for activities and equipment. He continues to support cultural events for the school.