Agrofert

Agrofert, a.s.

Formerly called	Agrofert Holding
Type	Private
Founded	January 25, 1993 (1993-01-25)
Founder	Andrej Babiš
Headquarters	Prague, Czech Republic
Area served	China Czech Republic Germany Hungary Netherlands Poland Slovakia
Key people	Zbyněk Průša (CEO) Andrej Babiš
Revenue	CZK 132.5 bil. (2012) CZK 117.6 bil. (2011) CZK 92.1 bil. (2010)
Operating income	CZK 8.1 bil. (2012) CZK 11.0 bil. (2011) CZK 7.1 bil. (2010)
Profit	CZK 6.0 bil. (2012) CZK 8.7 bil. (2011) CZK 6.0 bil. (2010)
Total assets	CZK 96.2 bil. (2012) CZK 89.5 bil. (2011) CZK 73.3 bil. (2010)
Owner	Andrej Babiš (100%)
Number of employees	34,399 (2013) 28,008 (2012) 27,491 (2011) 24,224 (2010)
Subsidiaries	Mafra
Website	agrofert.cz
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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 by businessman Andrej Babiš.

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 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. 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.