Agrofert
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Formerly called | Agrofert Holding |
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Founded | January 25, 1993[1] |
Founder | Andrej Babiš[1][2] |
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Prague, Czech Republic |
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Owner | Andrej Babiš (100%) |
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Subsidiaries | Mafra |
Website |
agrofert |
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Agrofert is an Czech conglomerate holding company headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic. It operates through agriculture, food, chemical, construction, logistics, forestry, energy and mass media industries in the European Union and China. It was founded in 1993 and is owned by businessman Andrej Babiš.
History
Agrofert was founded by Andrej Babiš on January 25, 1993 and in its current form on July 1, 2000. The holding consists of more than 230 companies[3] mainly in Czech Republic, Slovakia and Germany. It is the fourth largest company in the Czech Republic by revenue with revenue exceeding CZK 117 billion.
It owns or has rented over 57 thousands ha of Czech arable land - 0.7 % of total area of the Czech Republic or 1.6 % area of Czech arable land.[5] The company was founded in 1993 by Petrimex. Czech politician Andrej Babiš was CEO until January 2014 when he became Finance Minister of the Czech Republic. He remains the leading shareholder in the company.[6]
References
- 1 2 Commercial register, ID 48117072, AGROFERT, spol. s r.o.
- ↑ Legenda o svatém Andrejovi. Reflex odhaluje zapomenuté informace o Babišově zbohatnutí
- 1 2 Agrofert Holding 2011 Annual Report
- ↑ Consolidated Annual Report AGROFERT, a.s. 2013
- ↑ Motejlek.com - Andrej Babiš předstihl Jana Nepomuka Schwarzenberga
- ↑ "Minister of Finance". Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic. Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2015.