Ágoston Sámuel Mráz

Ágoston Sámuel Mráz is the founder of the government-aligned Nézőpont Institute, taking over its operational leadership from Boros Bánk Levente in 2026, and has also built business interests within the wider Nézőpont Group; the foundation received over 400 million forints in donations in a single year. Observer Budapest Médiafigyelő Kft., which he previously led and which the Nézőpont Group acquired in 2018, was awarded a 1.393-billion-forint, 48-month media-monitoring contract by the Prime Minister's Cabinet Office in December 2022 - a deal that could grow to 22.288 billion forints with options - with Mráz's own firm, Ceper Central European Perspectives, participating as a subcontractor. Átlátszó reported that the tender's criteria were so narrowly drawn that effectively only Observer could qualify, minimizing competition within what was nominally a public procurement process. Observer's revenue grew from 673 million forints before the 2018 acquisition to 2.1 billion forints by 2020, largely on the back of state contracts. Nézőpont has also published polling that critics say has repeatedly overstated Fidesz's real level of support.