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| Company type | Private Limited Company |
|---|---|
| Industry | private equity firm |
| Founded | Slovakia (1994) |
| Headquarters | Bratislava, Prague, Warsaw, Limassol, Amsterdam, Jersey, Munich |
Key people | Marek Dospiva, Jaroslav Haščák, Iain Child, Eduard Maták, Jozef Oravkin (alphabetical) |
| Revenue | 361,393,000 Euro (2017)  |
| 281,944,000 Euro (2017) | |
| 236,176,000 Euro (2017) | |
| Total assets | 3,089,058,000 Euro (2017) |
Number of employees | 200 (37,000 through companies in its portfolio) |
| Website | www |
Penta is a Central Europe investment group founded in 1994 in Slovakia by Czech Marek Dospiva and Slovaks Jaroslav Haščák, Juraj Herko, Martin Kúšik and Jozef Oravkin.
Today, the group actively develops companies and projects, primarily in healthcare, financial services, retail, manufacturing, real estate and media. Having grown from a local to international company, Penta operates in more than ten markets across Europe, providing more than 37,000 jobs through investee companies. In financial year 2015, Penta achieved a consolidated net profit of EUR 200 mln and increased total portfolio assets to EUR 7 bln.[1]
The name Penta is a tribute to the original five founding partners, all schoolmates during their studies in Moscow and Czechoslovakia.
Penta Investments group and its co-owner Jaroslav Haščák have been associated with the Gorilla scandal, a corruption affair that erupted in Slovakia in 2012.[2][3] The company has been denying the allegations and interpreted the "Gorilla" file as fabricated.[4][5] In 2012, the Constitutional Court ruled that wiretapping of Slovak secret service was unlawful.[6]
- ^ "Penta finished 2015 with an excellent economic result – Penta Investments". pentainvestments.com.
- ^ "The multi-million euro gorilla". The Economist. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ "Slovak politics rocked by 'Gorilla' corruption scandal". EurActiv.com. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
- ^ "Internetový portál o kauze Gorila". www.kauzagorila.sk.
- ^ "Home – Penta o kauze". pentaokauze.sk. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
- ^ a.s., Petit Press. "Recordings from Gorilla were destroyed in 2008".