Lajos Simicska

Former Fidesz oligarch, ex-owner of Közgép and media companies

Corruption

Longtime Orbán ally who dominated public construction and media via state contracts, representing the original model of Fidesz-linked oligarchic enrichment. His break with Orbán in 2015 cleared space for the Orbán family's own business networks and newer loyalist oligarchs like Mészáros.

Sources

How the Orbán family's companies were liberated by the war with Simicska → Direkt36 · 2018-03-15