Category Archives: The businesses of Orbán’s family

IT entrepreneur with ties to Viktor Orbán’s family has further grown his business empire built on state tenders

Matyasovszki Fanni 2021.12.09.

Information technology businessman Gábor Szentgyörgyi has had close relations to Viktor Orbán’s family for a long time now. It started with a connection to Győző Orbán junior, the prime minister’s brother, through wrestling, then he showed up in the company of the prime minister and his father, Győző Orbán senior in a football stadium, and Read More

Entrepreneur enriched by state tenders starts a new business on the Orbáns’ family land

Zöldi Blanka, Pethő András 2021.10.07.

Gábor Szentgyörgyi, a wrestling acquaintance of Viktor Orbán’s brother, has so far been a big winner in state tenders with his IT group, but now he is starting a plastic business on the Orbán-family’s estates.

The big winners of favorable state loans in Hungary? Viktor Orbán’s son-in-law and his circle

Szabó András 2021.05.21.

The state-owned Hungarian Development Bank provided 166 million euros in loans to PM Orbán’s son-in-law and his business partners. It almost fully covered the purchase of one of Budapest’s landmark hotels by one of the richest Hungarians.

Inside the secrets of the Orbán family’s businesses

Zöldi Blanka, Pethő András 2021.05.05.

Viktor Orbán claims that he does not have any savings, but his family members have earned millions of euros in recent years, partly from public money from the Hungarian state and the European Union. We explain how we investigated the businesses of Orbán’s family in an animated video.

Orbán’s son-in-law and his associates among beneficiaries of favorable state COVID-loans

Szabó András 2021.04.14.

The loan for small- and medium-sized companies was announced by governor of Hungary’s Central Bank György Matolcsy at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Only a few received loans as high as István Tiborcz and two of his associates.

The mine of the Orbán family pays the highest dividend among its competitors

Matyasovszki Fanni 2021.03.29.

According to the latest data available, Dolomit Kft. paid 1,8 billion forints (4,98 million euros) as dividends in 2019, which is more than the thirteen times more than the sectorial average.

Until now, Orbán’s family has stayed away from public procurements. Now the company of his brother won a lucrative one

Szőke Dániel 2021.03.23.

Gamma Analcont, a company minority owned by one of Viktor Orban’s younger brothers, won a high-value public procurement for the remote monitoring of gas-networks of E.ON.

Orbán’s father offers building materials for a much higher price than the competition

Zöldi Blanka 2020.12.16. 1 Comment

Dolomit Kft. participates in state projects despite selling some of its products 60-70 percent more expensive than its main competitors.

“Don’t even try, sweetie, because I’m running out of patience” – We asked Viktor Orbán’s father about his involvement in state projects

Zöldi Blanka 2020.11.24. 2 Comments

The mining company of Hungarian PM’s father, Győző Orbán delivered building materials for major railway and road constructions, but he only wanted to talk about the beautiful autumn weather.

Orban’s father was involved in controversial road construction

Zöldi Blanka, Pethő András 2020.09.23. 1 Comment

Not only the European Union, but also the Hungarian government criticized the project for being too expensive. This did not stop the mining company of the PM’s father to benefit from it.

Businessman linked to the Orbán family has expanded his footprint in city of Hungary’s nuclear plant

Szabó András 2020.03.05.

Roland Sebestyén has business relations with the family of Anikó Lévai, the wife of PM Viktor Orbán. Companies linked to him received contracts in the value of 6.2 million euros in Paks.

Links tighten between Orbán’s brother and a businessman who keeps winning public tenders

Pethő András, Zöldi Blanka 2019.11.20.

Gábor Szentgyörgyi has a common business with the son-in-law of the prime minister’s brother, and one of his business interests opened a branch on a property owned by a company of the Orbán family.

This is how the mining company of Viktor Orban’s father became more profitable than its major competitors

Zöldi Blanka, Pethő András 2019.07.18. 3 Comments

The mining company of Viktor Orbán’s father has been involved in several major public construction projects in recent years and it has become one of the most successful companies in the market. Last year, it outperformed all of its major competitors in one important aspect: Győző Orbán’s company achieved the highest profit margin.

A man close to Viktor Orbán’s brother was the head of a department at the tax office. His department was dissolved after we reported about it

Zöldi Blanka, Pethő András 2019.07.05. 1 Comment

Tamás Balogh, an acquaintance of Orbán Győző Jr. became the head of the department in charge of major procurements at the tax office, while his other acquaintance won high-value public tenders from the same authority. After we revealed their relationship, the tax authority was restructured, Balogh is not a head of department any more.

Companies dominate public lighting in Serbia with controversial Hungarian methods

Zöldi Blanka, Ana Curic 2019.06.26.

After winning public lighting tenders in Hungary, Elios, a company previously owned by the son-in-law of Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán, started expanding internationally. In Serbia, companies linked to Elios have been participating in 12 public lighting tenders, with some partners that are connected to Serbia’s political elite.

How public money keeps flowing to Orban’s family through Hungary’s new tycoon

Zöldi Blanka, Pethő András 2019.05.13. 1 Comment

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban keeps repeating that he doesn’t deal with business issues. The companies of his family members, however, are benefitting from EU-funded constructions that are carried out by the business empire of Lorinc Meszaros, a friend of the PM. We explain their business relationship in a short video.

How people close to Viktor Orbán’s brother became key players in major procurements of Hungary’s tax authority

Pethő András, Zöldi Blanka 2019.03.27. 1 Comment

An acquaintance of Orbán Győző Jr. became the head of the department in charge of major procurements at the National Tax and Customs Authority (NAV), while his other acquaintance has won high-value public tenders from the same authority. The three men know each other through wrestling.

People close to Viktor Orbán began to take over his fallen enemy’s empire

Pethő András 2018.11.08.

A lawyer with ties to Viktor Orbán and his closest business ally bought an agricultural company of Lajos Simicska, who fought a long and unsuccessful campaign against Orbán before this year’s parliamentary election.