Ziarul Financiar presented awards to the most valuable ten companies in Romania on Wednesday night at the ZF 2020 Gala, celebrating 22 years since the founding of ZF.
UiPath, Hidroelectrica, OMV Petrom, Dante International (eMAG) and Dedeman make up the top five, followed by Banca Transilvania, Kaufland Romania, Romgaz, BCR and Orange.
RPA developer UiPath took the top spot for the second year in a row, after having entered the ranking in 2018, following a number of capital increases from giant private equity firms.
This year’s edition of “100 cele mai valoaroase companii din Romania” (“100 most valuable companies in Romania”) yearbook comes with the most changes in the top ten.
The top ten now includes some companies that were below the entry threshold last year, such as Dante International (which runs retailer eMAG and online fashion company Fashion Days), German-held grocery retailer Kaufland Romania and telecom market leader Orange Romania. Most top ten companies by value operate in the retail and energy sectors – three each, in addition to IT, banking and telecom sectors.
The top ten are worth 164.6 billion lei (EUR34.7 bilion) together, an increase of 13% compared with their value last year and of 7% compared with the top ten in 2019.
Besides the ten companies, Ziarul Financiar also presented special awards to seven others – Immofinanz, SoftVision, Tinmar, Superbet, Grampet, Impetum Group and One United Properies.
The ZF 2020 Gala was the first held online ever and its theme was Romanian executives who got to top positions abroad, “Romanians go global” .
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)