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Koch Industries, Inc.

Type	Private
Industry	Conglomerate
Founded	1940; 77 years ago (1940)
Founder	Fred C. Koch
Headquarters	Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Charles Koch (Chairman & CEO) David Koch (Executive VP)
Products	Asphalt, chemicals, commodities trading, energy, fibers, fertilizers, finance, minerals, natural gas, plastics, petroleum, pulp and paper, ranching
Revenue	US$100 billion (2015)
Owner	Charles Koch and David Koch (84%)
Number of employees	100,000 (2015)
Subsidiaries	Georgia-Pacific, Invista, Flint Hills Resources, Molex
Website	www.kochind.com

Coordinates: 37°45′04″N 97°17′15″W / 37.7511°N 97.2874°W / 37.7511; -97.2874

Koch Industries, Inc. /ˈkoʊk/ is an American multinational corporation based in Wichita, Kansas, United States, with subsidiaries involved in manufacturing, trading, and investments. It was founded as Wood River Oil and Refining Company in 1940, and later as Rock Island Oil & Refining Company.

Koch also owns Invista, Georgia-Pacific, Molex, Flint Hills Resources, Koch Pipeline, Koch Fertilizer, Koch Minerals, Matador Cattle Company and recently Guardian Industries. Koch companies are involved in industries such as the manufacturing, refining, and distribution of petroleum, chemicals, energy, fiber, intermediates and polymers, minerals, fertilizers, pulp and paper, chemical technology equipment, ranching,finance,commodities trading, and other ventures and investments. The firm employs about 60,000 people in the United States and another 40,000 in 59 other countries.