Zsolt Felcsuti (born 1971) is a Hungarian-born industrial investor and the major shareholder of the MPF Industry Group.[2] He is also Co-President of the Confederation of Hungarian Employers and Industrialists.[3] According to Forbes magazine, he is the 2259th richest person in the world with net worth of 1.2 billion USD. [4]
Zsolt Felcsuti | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 26, 1971 Budapest |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Education | Corvinus University of Budapest[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Major shareholder MPF Industry Group |
| Children | Gabor Felcsuti, Norbert Felcsuti |
Early life edit
Zsolt Felcsuti is the son of Csaba Felcsuti, who was an engineer and started the company which is now operated by his son. He studied economics at Corvinus University of Budapest.[1]
Career edit
After years of working in Switzerland as sales and marketing manager[5] Felcsuti came back to Hungary, to find business opportunities for his father’s small enterprise, which was specialized in the production of metal and plastic industry products.[1] According to Forbes Magazine, today this is the third biggest Hungarian owned family business,[6] with revenues of more than 800 million USD,[7][8] with investments in East-Central Europe[9] and in the Far East,[10] seated in Singapore.[9]
Felcsuti did not privatize any companies, but built a self-created business model based on the East-Central European and Far Eastern labor market and manufacturing sector. He owns one of the largest abrasive products manufacturing company in Europe[6] and East Central Europe’s biggest heating device factory.[11][12][13]
Family edit
Felcsuti is married with two sons, Gábor Felcsuti and Norbert Felcsuti.[14]
Felcsuti family's holding, with an estimated value of HUF 401.9 billion (1.1 billion USD), is Hungary's most valuable family business, ranking at the top of Forbes' 2022 ranking.[15]
Additional information edit
He is the chairman of the jury of the "Díj a sikeres vállalkozásokért", launched in August 2013.[16]
He is fluent in English and German.[14]
He spends most of the year in Switzerland, Hungary and Spain.
References edit
- ^ a b c Corporate profile: MPF venture may be hard cell, Financial Times, 15 December 2006
- ^ "40th anniversary of the free trade agreement between Switzerland and the EU - Zsolt Felcsuti" (PDF). Economie suisse.
- ^ "Who is who? - Zsolt Felcsuti". Confederation of Hungarian Employers and Industrialists.
- ^ "Zsolt Felcsuti". Forbes.
- ^ "Zsolt Felcsuti". European Forum Alpbach.
- ^ a b "3. The Felcsuti family's company empire of metal and plastic products". These are the Richest Hungarian Families. Daily News Hungary. 3 August 2015.
- ^ "Consolidated balance sheets and income statements". MPF Holding - Financials. 31 December 2019.
- ^ "2013-12-31 "USD" - European Central Bank reference rates from 1999 to 2015". European Central Bank. 31 December 2013.
- ^ a b "index". MPF Holding.
- ^ "MPF Industry Group Business Report 2011" (PDF). MPF Holding.
- ^ "MPF Holding in talks to take over troubled FÉG". Budapest Business Journal and Absolut Media. 17 May 2011.
- ^ "FÉG takeover talks founder". Budapest Business Journal and Absolut Media. 18 May 2011.
- ^ Production to restart at troubled FEG Konvektorgyarto, Budapest Business Journal and Absolut Media, 15 August 2011
- ^ a b Ilona, Kocsi (2011-05-08). "A magyar multi". Világgazdaság (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2022-09-10.
- ^ "Sosem ért ennyit Mészáros Lőrinc csoportja, mégsem övé a legértékesebb családi cég – íme a friss lista". Forbes.hu (in Hungarian). 2022-08-31. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
- ^ "Díj a sikeres vállalkozásokért". gazdasagidijak.kormany.hu. Retrieved 2022-09-14.