Career
Born in Balatonfüred, Straub obtained his Mississippi in Electrical Engineering from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics in 1968, where he continued his Postgraduate studies in business administration from 1970 to 1972. After his graduation in 1968 Straub started his career at the Enterprise Computing Center of the Ministry of Labour, where he became Head of the Department. From 1980 to 1990 he was Vice President of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office, and from 1990 to 1995 Country General Manager (Chief Executive Officer) for International Business Machines Corporation Hungary.
In 1995 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of MATAV, which was Magyar Telekom in 1996.
He served as its chairman and Chief Executive Officer until 2006, and was succeeded by Christopher Mattheisen.