George Copos
Romanian politician
Gheorghe "George" Copos (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈdʒe̯ordʒe ˈkopos]; born March 27, 1953, in Tășnad, Satu Mare County) is a Romanian businessman and politician, mostly known for his ownership of the Rapid București football club.
Copos was vice-prime-minister between December 2004 and January 2006, and state minister in charge with coordination of the activities in the field of business environment and small and medium-sized enterprises in the Tăriceanu government.
Early life
A graduate of the communist cadres' training school Ștefan Gheorghiu Academy, he was in his youth a leader of the Union of Communist Youth.
Entrepreneurship
Business
Copos launched into business in 1990, immediately after the revolution, establishing his first company from the Ana group of companies. It is about Ana Co. confectionery. Over time, the group of companies in the Ana holding diversified: production, import and sale of electronic and household appliances, food industry, hotel industry, tourism, production of micro electric motors, road transport, cable transport, industrial maintenance, financial investments, port services or real estate. The Flora hotel in Bucharest (became Crowne Plaza in 1998), the Sport, Bradul and Poiana hotels in Poiana Brașov and the electric micro-motor factory in Pitești, which became Ana Imep, were bought. In 1999, the company Ana Teleferic was established, which owns and manages the cable transport facilities in Brașov and Poiana Brașov, as well as the ski area in Poiana Brașov. Also, the holding is represented on the social responsibility side by Fundația Ana, an organization concerned with charitable and humanitarian acts.
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