As Direkt36 showed in a previous story<\/a>, the firm’s manager and co-owner, G\u00e1bor Szentgy\u00f6rgyi, has had a long personal relationship with the prime minister’s brother. This relationship is linked to wrestling.<\/p>\nGy\u0151z\u0151 Orb\u00e1n Jr. had been a wrestler in his teenage years and returned to the sport in his 30s, even winning the European Championship in his age group. He has also been a prominent leader of the Hungarian wrestling scene: records show that he is the honorary president of a sport club, of which G\u00e1bor Szentgy\u00f6rgyi is also a member. Orb\u00e1n and Szentgy\u00f6rgyi even went on a trip organized by the club, news reports and photos show.<\/p>\n
IMG Solution, a company selling IT and office products, produced spectacular growth in just a few years. In 2012, its revenues were only 46 million forints (150 thousand euros), but in 2015, it made 4.7 billion forints (15.2 million euros), meaning that it grew by 100 times. The company, which does not even have a functioning website, managed to accomplish this after a series of victories in lucrative state tenders.<\/p>\n
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