Benjamin Lakatos is the founder, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and majority owner of MET Group, headquartered in Switzerland. Under his leadership MET Group has become an independent, Switzerland-based energy company, present in 15 countries, 30 national gas markets and 22 international trading hubs.
Source: Budapest Business Journal
What drew you to work in the energy industry?
I pursued a degree in finance, despite my strong fascination with physics. My passion for the complexities of numerical analysis, spreadsheets and algorithms led me to embark on my professional journey in the M&A department of MOL, Hungary's largest energy company.
Over the course of a decade, I explored a variety of domains. Then in the mid-2000s, the landscape of the entire energy sector underwent a transformative shift with the introduction of the EU legislation known as ‘unbundling’. This is where I identified a potential new business opportunity.