Koch, Inc.

second largest privately held company in the United States
Organization business Q1496384
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Koch, Inc.

Summary

Koch, Inc. is a business[1]. Koch, Inc. ranks in the top 1% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,050 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Koch, Inc. is in the country of United States[3].
  • Koch, Inc. is in the country of BE[4].
  • Koch, Inc.'s instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Koch, Inc.'s instance of is recorded as privately held company[6].
  • Koch, Inc.'s instance of is recorded as enterprise[7].
  • Koch, Inc.'s founder is recorded as Fred Chase Koch[8].
  • Koch, Inc. is owned by Charles Koch[9].
  • Koch, Inc. is owned by David Koch[10].
  • Koch, Inc. followed Farmland Industries[11].
  • Koch, Inc.'s headquarters location is recorded as Wichita[12].
  • Koch, Inc.'s chief executive officer is recorded as Charles Koch[13].
  • Koch, Inc.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Georgia-Pacific[14].
  • Koch, Inc.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Koch Disruptive Technologies[15].
  • Koch, Inc.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Koch Agronomic Services (United States)[16].
  • Koch, Inc.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Koch Fertilizer[17].
  • Koch, Inc.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Infor Global Solutions[18].
  • Koch, Inc.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Invista[19].
  • Koch, Inc.'s Commons category is recorded as Koch Industries[20].
  • Koch, Inc.'s industry is recorded as petroleum industry[21].
  • Koch, Inc.'s website account on is recorded as Glassdoor[22].
  • January 1, 1940 marks the founding of Koch, Inc.[23].
  • Koch, Inc.'s official website is recorded as https://www.kochinc.com[24].
  • Koch, Inc.'s topic's main category is recorded as Category:Koch Industries[25].
  • Koch, Inc.'s described at URL is recorded as https://kochcareers.referrals.selectminds.com[26].
  • Koch, Inc.'s described at URL is recorded as http://powerbase.info/index.php/Koch_Industries[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 9845006C1AA3B3FAS810[28]

  • Registered legal name: Koch[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: BE[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): JNAD[32]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: LAPSED[34]

  • LEI first registered: 2020-08-10[35]

  • LEI last updated: 2022-02-23[36]

  • LEI next renewal: 2021-08-10[37]

  • Managing LOU: 529900T8BM49AURSDO55[38]

  • Registration authority: RA000025[39]

  • Authority entity ID: 0454.846.460[40]

  • Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING[41]

Body

Founding

Koch, Inc.'s founder is recorded as Fred Chase Koch[8]. January 1, 1940 marks the founding of Koch, Inc.[23].

Identity

Koch, Inc. followed Farmland Industries[11].

Leadership

Koch, Inc.'s chief executive officer is recorded as Charles Koch[13]. Board members include Charles Koch[42], a businessperson[43], b. 1935[44], of United States[45], awarded the Giuseppe Motta Medal[46]; David Koch[47], a businessperson[48], 1940–2019[49], of United States[50], specialised in politics[51]; and Chase Koch[52], a businessperson[53], b. 1977[54], of United States[55]. Its director / manager is recorded as Charles Koch[56].

Operations

Koch, Inc.'s headquarters location is recorded as Wichita[12]. Subsidiaries include Georgia-Pacific[14], a business[57], in United States[58], founded in 1927[59], headquartered in Atlanta[60]; Koch Disruptive Technologies[15]; Koch Agronomic Services (United States)[16], a business[61], in United States[62], headquartered in Wichita[63]; Koch Fertilizer[17]; Infor Global Solutions[18], a software company[64], in United States[65], founded in 2002[66], headquartered in New York City[67]; and Invista[19], a business[68], in South Korea[69], founded in 2003[70], headquartered in Wichita[71].

Industry

Koch, Inc.'s industry is recorded as petroleum industry[21].

Ownership

Owners include Charles Koch[9], a businessperson[72], b. 1935[73], of United States[74], awarded the Giuseppe Motta Medal[75] and David Koch[10], a businessperson[76], 1940–2019[77], of United States[78], specialised in politics[79]. Koch, Inc.'s product or material produced is recorded as petroleum[80].

Why It Matters

Koch, Inc. ranks in the top 1% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,050 views/month).[2] Koch, Inc. has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[81] Koch, Inc. is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[82]

References

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [81] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [82] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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