A. Korkunov

Infobox Company
company_name = A. Korkunov
company_
vector_
company_type = Private
genre =
foundation = 1999
founder = Andrey Korkunov, Sergey Lyapuntsov
location_city = flagicon|RUS Moscow
location_country = Russia
location =
origins =
key_people =
area_served =
industry =
products =
revenue = $100 m (2006)
operating_income =
net_income =
num_employees =
parent =
divisions =
subsid =
owner =
company_slogan =
homepage = www.korkunov.ru
dissolved =
footnotes =

A. Korkunov is a luxury chocolate maker in Russia, founded in 1999 by two entrepreneurs, Andrey Korkunov and Sergey Lyapuntsov. The company has a production facility in Odintsovo, just outside of Moscow and sells its chocolate products across Russia and internationally. A. Korkunov has been named a "top ten" brand in Russia by both Young & Rubicam and the Rus Brand Independent Organization. It is also the only native Russian brand with an awareness level on par with those of leading global consumer goods brands -- such as Sony, Gillette and BMW -- according to the Young & Rubicam "Power Brand" ranking.

On January 23, 2007 The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company signed a purchase agreement to acquire an 80 percent initial interest in A. Korkunov for $300 million with the remaining 20 percent to be acquired over time.

External links

* [http://www.korkunov.ru/-l.en Official web site]
* [http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=WWY&script=410&layout=0&item_id=952887 Wrigley's press release]

ee also