Koc Holding, American depositary receipt (ADR) US49989A1097, KRKA

Koc Holding A.S. is the top industrial conglomerate in Turkey. The Koc family, one of Turkey's wealthiest families, controls the company with its headquarters in Nakkastepe,Istanbul. Vehbi Koc, who established his first firm in 1926,collected all ...

Koc Holding A.S. is the top industrial conglomerate in Turkey. The Koc family, one of Turkey's wealthiest families, controls the company with its headquarters in Nakkastepe,Istanbul. Vehbi Koc, who established his first firm in 1926,collected all of the companies bearing his name under the roof of Koc Holding on 20 November 1963 in order to centrally manage these companies and to provide optimum resource allocation. Founded in 1926, Koc Holding has become one of the largest companies in Europe. The shares of 16 Koc Group companies are traded on the Istanbul Stock Exchange; together, the groups comprise 113 companies, 90,000 employees, and 14,000 dealers, agencies, and after-sales services people. Koc Holding is the only Turkish company to be listed in Fortune Global 500 list. Fortune Global 500 ranked Koc Holding at 248 for the year 2011.