Sebastian Kurz

"Also, most active politicians are not bothered by the conviction. This becomes apparent year after year at Benko's coveted invitations to Törggelen in November, a South Tyrolean tradition that the shrewd entrepreneur imported to Vienna into the sumptuous Palais Harrach, his corporate headquarters. There, people meet to taste the young wine under high ceilings, drink and eat, and willingly get photographed, so that the significance of the host becomes visible in Austrian media. The Chancellor at the time, Sebastian Kurz from the ÖVP, is present at the tasting of the new wine, as is the temporary FPÖ leader Heinz-Christian Strache, who would later cause a stir across Europe with his Ibiza video."

"In 2018, Benko takes over the furniture store chain Kika/Leiner from the South African Steinhoff group, thereby relieving the young Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz of a huge problem. "We as the federal government are very pleased that the imminent insolvency of the Kika/Leiner group could be averted at the last moment and an Austrian solution for continuing the operation was found," Kurz raves in the press release."