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Koch Industries

Company nameleadershipkansas/>
Company typePrivate
IndustryConglomerate
Founded1940
HeadquartersWichita, Kansas, USA
Area servedWorldwide
Key peopleCharles G. Koch (Chairman, CEO, & 42% owner)
David H. Koch (Executive VP, & 42% owner)
ProductsPetroleum
Chemicals
Energy
Asphalt
Natural gas
Plastics
Fibers
Minerals
Fertilizers
Ranching
Pulp and paper
Finance
Commodities trading
Revenue(+)US$100 billion (2009
Employees80,000 (2009)

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Koch Industries, Inc. (pronounced -enˈkoʊk) is an American private energy conglomerate based in Wichita, Kansas, with subsidiaries involved in manufacturing, trading and investments. Koch also owns Invista, Georgia-Pacific, Flint Hill Resources, Koch Pipeline, Koch Fertilizer, Koch Minerals and Matador Cattle Company.

Koch companies are involved in core 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, as well as other ventures and investments.

In 2008, Forbes called it the second largest privately held company in the United States (after Cargill) with an annual revenue of about $98 billion, down from the largest in 2006. If Koch Industries were a public company in 2007, it would rank about sixteenth in the Fortune 500.

Fred C. Koch, for whom Koch Industries, Inc. is named, co-founded the company in 1940 and developed an innovative crude oil refining process. His sons, Charles G. Koch, chairman of the board and chief executive officer, and David H. Koch, executive vice president, are principal owners of the company. Charles and David Koch each own 42% of Koch Industries, and Charles has stated that the company will publicly offer shares "literally over my dead body".

Koch Industries is also known for its sponsorship of free-market foundations and causes.

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Here Are The Five Best Paid Hedge Fund Managers Of 2010 - The Business Insider Tweet this news
The Business Insider--Charles Koch: 2010 Earnings: $5 Billion. Charles Koch's investments in Wichita's -Koch Industries- earned him the third place. 3. David Koch: 2010 Earnings: ... - Date : Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:21:12 GMT+00:00
Counterpoint to Bryce's wind piece - Kiowa County Signal Tweet this news
Kiowa County Signal--The Manhattan Institute receives funding from Exxon Mobil and from -Koch Industries-, a very large privately-owned oil and gas company. ... - Date : Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:27:09 GMT+00:00
Pompeo's DC office a select spot - Kansas.com Tweet this news
Kansas.com--Mark Chenoweth, who previously worked for -Koch Industries- and in the Department of Justice in the George W. Bush administration, is Pompeo's chief of staff. ... - Date : Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:36:18 GMT+00:00
Battle Plans: INVISTA's Documented Path to Lubrication Excellence - Machinery Lubrication Magaz Tweet this news
Machinery Lubrication Magaz--It has won the team praise from the corporate offices at INVISTA and parent company -Koch Industries-, the admiration of sister plants around the world, and, ... - Date : Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:16:41 GMT+00:00
Koch ventures into the Brooklyn lion's den - FT.com (blog) Tweet this news
FT.com (blog)--The excitement started even before the show when David H. Koch, the co-owner of -Koch Industries-, the largest privately-own industrial conglomerate in the US ... - Date : Fri, 24 Dec 2010 15:05:07 GMT+00:00
Robert Bryce misleads with WSJ op-ed - REVE Tweet this news
REVE--The Manhattan Institute receives funding from Exxon Mobil and from -Koch Industries-, a very large privately-owned oil and gas company. ... - Date : Thu, 23 Dec 2010 21:20:24 GMT+00:00
Same as the old boss: Lobbyists take over Freshmen GOP offices - Daily Kos Tweet this news
Daily Kos--Chenowerth previously worked as a lawyer on the lobbying team for -Koch Industries-, the conglomerate owned by Charles and David Koch. ... - Date : Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:45:10 GMT+00:00
A Koch Industries Climate Change Spoof - New York Times (blog) Tweet this news
New York Times (blog)--Has -Koch Industries-, the giant industrial conglomerate that has long been the target of environmental groups for its broad-based support of climate change ... - Date : Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:30:46 GMT+00:00
Court Upholds Trans-Alaska Pipeline Rate Cut - Wall Street Journal Tweet this news
Wall Street Journal--LN), -Koch Industries- Inc. and other Trans-Alaska Pipeline owners, a federal appeals court on Friday upheld a decision by federal regulators that reversed an ... - Date : Fri, 03 Dec 2010 21:45:38 GMT+00:00
European Gasoline Climbs; Gasoil Contango Widens: Oil Products - Bloomberg Tweet this news
Bloomberg--European gasoline prices rose as -Koch Industries- Inc. AG and Morgan Stanley bought barges. ... - Date : Thu, 09 Dec 2010 13:57:32 GMT+00:00



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