Asseco Poland SA is a multinational software company, with clients primarily in the banking and finance industries. It was founded in 1991, and its headquarters are in
Rzeszów
Rzeszów ( , ; la, Resovia; yi, ריישא ''Raisha'')) is the largest city in southeastern Poland. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River in the heartland of the Sandomierz Basin. Rzeszów has been the capital of the Subcarpathian Vo ...
,
Poland
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. Asseco is one of the largest corporations in the technology sector quoted on the
Warsaw Stock Exchange
The Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE), pl, Giełda Papierów Wartościowych w Warszawie, is a stock exchange in Warsaw, Poland. It has a market capitalization of PLN 1.05 trillion (EUR 232 billion; as of December 23, 2020).
The WSE is a member of th ...
. The current corporation is the result of a 2004 merger between Asset Soft AS and COMP Rzeszów SA.
The consolidated revenues of the Asseco Group in 2020 amounted to PLN 12.19 billion, and the net profit amounted to PLN 401.9 million. The operating profit amounted to over PLN 23.8 million.
History
Asseco was founded as COMP Rzeszów in 1991 by Adam Goral. It began as a
ketchup
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factory, but Goral focused on the development of the manufacturer's
information technology
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department, which soon became the center of the business. The company became multinational with the 2004 purchase of the
Slocak company Asset Soft, and the company was renamed Asseco. It continued to make acquisitions, purchasing the Polish software companies Softbank and Prokom, and ventured outside of the former
Eastern Bloc
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with a 2010 purchase of the
Israeli
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software company Formula Systems.
It has since expanded to a presence in over 50 countries.
Structure of the company
Asseco Poland SA is headquartered in Rzeszów and
Warsaw
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with offices throughout Poland,
and is present in more than 50 countries around the world, with
subsidiaries
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in
Slovakia
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, the
Czech Republic
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Austria
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Lithuania
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Germany
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Romania
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Hungary
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Spain
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United States
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Israel
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,
Japan
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Turkey
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and the
Balkans
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. The company was ranked sixth in the Truffle 100 ranking of the largest software producers in Europe.
Poland:
* Asseco Poland S.A.
* Asseco Business Solutions S.A.
* Asseco Data Systems S.A.
* Novum Sp. z o.o.
* Postdata S.A.
* Gladstone Consulting
* SKG S.A.
* DahliaMatic Sp. z o.o.
Israel:
* Matrix
* Sapiens
* Magic Software
Central Europe:
* Asseco Central Europe a.s.
* Asseco Solutions a.s.
* Asseco Central Europe Magyarorszag Zrt.
* Asseco Hungary Zrt.
* DanubePay, a. s.
* Asseco Solutions AG
* InterWay, a. s.
* exe, a. s.
* eDocu, a. s.
* Asseco BERIT
South Eastern Europe:
* Asseco South Eastern Europe S.A. (Asseco SEE Grupa)
* Asseco SEE d.o.o., Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Asseco SEE o.o.d., Bulgaria
* Asseco SEE d.o.o., Croatia
* Asseco SEE Sh.p.k., Kosovo
* Asseco SEE d.o.o.e.l., Macedonia
* Asseco SEE d.o.o., Montenegro
* Asseco SEE s.r.l., Romania
* Asseco SEE d.o.o., Serbia
* Asseco SEE d.o.o., Slovenia
* Asseco SEE Teknoloji A.Ş., Turkey
Western Europe:
* Asseco Spain SA
* Necomplus, S.L.
* Asseco PST
Northern Europe:
* Asseco Denmark A/S
* Peak Consulting Group
* Sintagma, UAB
* Asseco Lietuva, UAB
* CodeConnexion
See also
*
Warsaw Stock Exchange
The Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE), pl, Giełda Papierów Wartościowych w Warszawie, is a stock exchange in Warsaw, Poland. It has a market capitalization of PLN 1.05 trillion (EUR 232 billion; as of December 23, 2020).
The WSE is a member of th ...
*
WIG30
The WIG30 is a capitalization-weighted stock market index of the thirty largest companies on the Warsaw Stock Exchange
The Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE), pl, Giełda Papierów Wartościowych w Warszawie, is a stock exchange in Warsaw, Poland. ...
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Economy of Poland
The economy of Poland is an industrialized, mixed economy with a developed market that serves as the sixth-largest in the European Union by nominal GDP and fifth-largest by GDP (PPP). Poland boasts extensive public services characteristic of m ...
References
External links
Asseco Poland Official WebsiteAsseco Group Official Website
Software companies established in 1991
Polish companies established in 1991
Multinational companies headquartered in Poland
Software companies of Poland
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Companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange
Polish brands
Information technology companies of Poland
2004 mergers and acquisitions
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