Stories

Almost three decades have passed since Alexandru Rizea opened a small carpentry workshop in Brebu, in Campina. He named it Lemet, a mix between the Romanian words for wood and metal, because he initially intended to make metallic structures. Today, Lemet is...

Bitdefender is one of the top brands on the global technology market. The security solutions provided by the company founded by Florin and Măriuca Talpeş have already made history, as they secure the present and guarantee the future. It is about millions of...

Gruia Stoica and his brother Vasile Didilă own Grampet Group, the first multinational founded in Romania and the largest railway group and private logistics operator in SouthEast Europe. “We are present in ten European countries and all of our international subsidiaries are profitable...

Flanco, eMAG, Fashion Days, Network One Distribution, Pegas. These are just some of the businesses owned by Iulian Stanciu, the entrepreneur who we can say has revolutionised the Romanian retail market. eMAG is an undisputed leader in online sales, its strategy of aggressive...

Brothers Dragoș and Adrian Pavăl have managed to turn Dedeman into the leader of the DIY market, and this is something all Romanians know. What is not well known, however, is that the two have built a true financial empire, through massive investments in a wide range...

The UNTOLD festival, created by Bogdan Buta, has reached, in 2020, its sixth edition, and was ranked the eight best festival in the world, in a ranking made by the first 100 best DJ in the world. The Romanian festival managed to top festivals like Coachella, Burning...

Last spring, UiPath completed its fourth funding round, worth USD 568 million, an amount that took the company’s valuation to no less than USD 7 billion. The level is astounding, not even taking into account the fact that we are talking about a relatively new company in...

The Erbasu Group was founded in 1990 by Mihai Erbasu with his sons, Cristian and Alexandru, together with their uncle, Ion, now continuing the legacy of the famous businessman. Apart from the civil and industrial construction businesses (including the production of metallic constructions, pre-fabricated items or asphalt...

Although TeraPlast is an increasingly known brand in the area of construction materials, few are those who know who the main shareholder of the group really is. Not because it‘s a secret, but because the Cluj Napoca-based businessman Dorel Goia rather wants to stay out of the...

Gheorghe Iaciu is a graduate of the Polytechnic University and, although he started a Ph.D., he continued his studies with two MBAs – one in the US and one in Romania. While others were spending their time just making money, he chose to gain some solid knowledge....