Kolporter Holding
Encyclopedia
Kolporter Holding is a Polish holding company
. It was built in the 1990s by Krzysztof Klicki
and has its headquarters in Kielce
. It has made the Top 500 Polish Companies rankings in Polityka
and Rzeczpospolita
several times.
Its name comes from its initial business, the distribution of newspapers and magazines. The name Kolporter means "distributor" in Polish. Now there are over a dozen companies in many sectors of the Polish market that are part of the Kolporter Holding.
Kolporter Holding was a sponsor of Korona Kielce
football team.
Holding company
A holding company is a company or firm that owns other companies' outstanding stock. It usually refers to a company which does not produce goods or services itself; rather, its purpose is to own shares of other companies. Holding companies allow the reduction of risk for the owners and can allow...
. It was built in the 1990s by Krzysztof Klicki
Krzysztof Klicki
Krzysztof Klicki is the President of Kolporter Holding S.A. He owns 100 percent shares of Kolporter's shares, the largest private distributor of the press ....
and has its headquarters in Kielce
Kielce
Kielce ) is a city in central Poland with 204,891 inhabitants . It is also the capital city of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship since 1999, previously in Kielce Voivodeship...
. It has made the Top 500 Polish Companies rankings in Polityka
Polityka
Polityka is a centre-left weekly newsmagazine in Poland. With a circulation of 170,000 it is the country's biggest selling weekly, ahead of Newsweek's Polish edition and Wprost. Today, the magazine has a slightly intellectual, social liberal profile, setting it apart from the more conservative...
and Rzeczpospolita
Rzeczpospolita (newspaper)
Rzeczpospolita is a Polish national daily newspaper, with a circulation around of 160,000. Issued every day except Sunday. Rzeczpospolita was printed in broadsheet format, then switched to compact at October 16, 2007...
several times.
Its name comes from its initial business, the distribution of newspapers and magazines. The name Kolporter means "distributor" in Polish. Now there are over a dozen companies in many sectors of the Polish market that are part of the Kolporter Holding.
Kolporter Holding was a sponsor of Korona Kielce
Korona Kielce
Korona Kielce, , is a Polish football club, currently playing in the Ekstraklasa. In the years 2002-2008 Club belonged to Polish holding company Kolporter Holding and achieved its greatest success - in 2005, winning promotion to the first division...
football team.