Big business matures: new shareholder expected in Kaunas “Žalgiris” | Euroleague

15 minutes To the best of his knowledge, P. Motiejūnas will remain the main shareholder of the “Žalgiris” club: he will indirectly control about 50 percent. teams.

Annotated 15 minutes sources, Okman should acquire about 25 percent. Parts of “Žalgiris”. The remaining 25 percent. indirectly belongs to Arvydas Sabonis. Until now, P. Motiejūnas owned 75 percent, A. Sabonis, 25 percent. parts of the hip.

15 minutes sources say the deal has been maturing for several months. It is interesting that on November 20, P. Motiejūnas established UAB Žalgiris Group. It may be related to the arrival of a new shareholder.

Neither P.Motiejūnas nor T. Okmanas have information on how to join the shareholders of Žalgiris 15 minutes he made no comment.

T. Okmanas is one of the founders of the Lithuanian information technology company Tesonet, which develops cyber security solutions. This year, Verslo Žinios named him CEO of the year.

Tesonet has 12 offices in Vilnius, one more in London, Amsterdam and Kaunas, by the way, opposite the Žalgiris Arena on Nemunas Island. The fast-growing company employs more than 1.4 thousand people. workers. It is the largest information technology company in the Baltic countries.

The company’s main markets are Australia, Canada, the United States, Great Britain, Germany, France and Asian countries, and in total the company covers more than 80 countries around the world.

As you wrote in your article 15 minutes According to experts, journalist Viktorija Karsokaitė, Tesonet could be called the unofficial “unicorn” of Lithuania. Unicorns are tech startups founded in 2000 and later, with a market value of over a billion dollars. dollars However, as this company does not attract investors, its value is not officially disclosed.

Tesonet and its products currently specialize in four areas: cybersecurity, data automation, customer service, and public and media relations.

Almost exactly one year ago, Žalgiris signed a partnership agreement with Tesonet.

2020-2021 Žalgiris planned to collect 9.7 million LTL for the season. However, after the second wave of the pandemic emptied the tribune of the Žalgiris Arena, the budget was opened above 2 million euros. euro hole. It had to be completed with the proceeds from ticket sales (mainly in the Euroleague).