Koch Industries, Inc., a privately held company based in Wichita, Kan., owns a diverse group of companies with a presence in about 60 countries and that employ about 80,000 people. These companies are involved in core industries such as trading, petroleum, chemicals, energy, fibers and polymers, minerals, fertilizers, chemical technology equipment, forest and consumer products, ranching, securities and finance, as well as in other ventures and investments.

The companies in the Koch Industries group work to increase efficiency and create superior value. By applying core capabilities and continuously improving management systems, Koch companies strive to meet the highest standards for compliance excellence while satisfying customer needs.

These companies also cultivate a disciplined style of managing operations and investments. This has helped spur success in current businesses and is a critical part of positioning these companies to grow profitably.

To ensure superior results, employees continuously strive to apply and improve Koch companies’ core capabilities:

• Market Based Management®: attracting, developing and rewarding superior performers, economic thinking, internal communication, measures, Principled Entrepreneurship™, Guiding Principles, and values-based culture.
  
  
• Innovation: creative destruction, disciplined freedom, discovery process, research and development, technology network, benchmarking, acquisitions, marketing and branding, and intellectual property protection.
  
  
• Operations Excellence: compliance, employee health and safety, environmental stewardship, audit and assurance, benchmarking, cost effectiveness, and merger and acquisition support.
  
  
• Trading: point of view, value chain analysis, strategy development, quantitative analysis, risk management, and execution.
  
  
• Transaction Excellence: opportunity network, value creation strategy, decision-making framework, mergers and acquisitions, financial and organizational structuring, and due diligence.
  
  
• Public Sector: legal, communications, community and government relations, and philanthropy.