KKCG

KKCG is a Czech investment company headquartered in Lucerne that was founded in Prague by Czech entrepreneur Karel Komárek. It holds investments in companies in 36 countries in four industry sectors: lottery and gaming, energy, information technology, and real estate. As of 2023, KKCG had invested in companies that had in total 9,000 employees worldwide and managed assets worth more than €9 billion. In 1992, Karel Komárek received a loan from his father, which allowed him to invest in M.O.S. Hodonín, a company which specialises in industrial fittings. One of his subsequent investments was into the energy company Moravské naftové doly (Moravian Oil Mines), based in his hometown, Hodonín. In 2014, MND became active in the Czech energy market and began supplying natural gas to private customers. As of 2023, Moravské naftové doly is one of the largest energy corporations in the Czech Republic. It also operates in Slovakia, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, France, Hungary, Ukraine, and Great Britain. In 2016, KKCG began investing into the production of methanol in the United States. It established the company US Methanol LLC in Charleston, West Virginia in April 2016, marking its first major investment in the US.