[2] Matić was born in Maribor, Slovenia and studied at the Faculty of Hotel Management in Opatija, Croatia.
Before moving to Belgrade, Serbia, he had already developed a business on the Croatian coast mainly involved in retail footwear and apparel.
After moving to Belgrade in 1989 Matić founded the company MPC (incorporating his initials into the name), which went on to be very successful in the following years.
In 2007 MPC Properties entered into the strategic partnership with Merrill Lynch / Bank of America.
[5] Matić chooses to stay out of the public eye, as he does not give interviews to the press, and his photographs cannot be found in local newspapers.