米哈尔·斯特纳德33岁，是捷克斯洛伐克集团（CSG）的首席执行官兼控股股东，曾长期低调，但其集团一月以约250亿欧元估值上市后迅速受到关注。CSG在全球30多个生产基地雇佣14,000名员工，去年营收67亿欧元，是2021年的12倍；其中四分之五来自国防业务，使其跻身欧洲前十大武器制造商，并成为仅次于德国莱茵金属的欧洲第二大弹药制造商。
增长主要由乌克兰战争和交易驱动：在捷克弹药倡议下，乌克兰去年占CSG总销售额27%，欧洲弹药库存补充也推高需求。公司通过并购扩张版图，先后在2022年收购意大利Fiocchi控股权、2024年并购美国Kinetic Group，并于最近宣布拟购买奥地利Hirtenberger Defence Systems的49%，同时12月又与斯洛伐克签署高达58亿欧元的7年供弹合同，服务欧盟成员国再军备计划。
斯特纳德的目标是把CSG做成欧洲最大的军工企业，目前约四分之三销售额来自欧洲，但他计划继续在美国扩张。CSG在捷克和斯洛伐克享有更低人工成本和垂直一体化优势，一月与希腊国有的Hellenic Defence Systems成立合资生产TNT，然而若乌克兰战争结束或德国无人机企业Helsing等高增长新入局者抢占预算，需求可能快速放缓；同时其国内形象也在增强，既成为捷克奥运队主赞助商，也买下了维多利亚普热森足球俱乐部。
Until recently, 33-year-old Michal Strnad, chief executive and majority owner of Czechoslovak Group (CSG), stayed largely out of the spotlight, but the group’s January IPO at about €25bn changed that profile. The company now employs 14,000 people across more than 30 production sites, posted €6.7bn in revenue last year—12 times its 2021 level—with four-fifths defence-related, putting it among Europe’s top-ten arms-makers and its second-largest ammunition producer after Rheinmetall.
Growth has been driven by the Ukraine war and demand channels: under the Czech Ammunition Initiative, Ukraine accounted for 27% of CSG’s sales last year, and replenishment of European stockpiles also lifted orders. CSG then added scale through acquisitions—majority control of Italy’s Fiocchi in 2022, purchase of U.S. Kinetic Group in 2024, and a recent deal for 49% of Austria’s Hirtenberger Defence Systems—while in December it also signed a seven-year, up to €58bn Slovak contract to supply ammunition to EU members under a rearmament program.
Strnad says he wants CSG to become Europe’s biggest arms-maker, with about three-quarters of sales already in Europe and expansion plans focused next on the United States. Its advantages include lower Czech and Slovak labour costs and vertical integration, shown by a January joint venture with Hellenic Defence Systems to produce TNT, but risks remain if the war ends or fast-growing entrants such as Germany’s Helsing capture budget share; at home, CSG is also building profile by becoming the Czech Olympic team’s main sponsor and buying Viktoria Plzen, a rival of AC Sparta Prague.
Source: How war has made a 33-year-old the Czech Republic’s richest ma
Subtitle: The rapid rise of CSG, Europe’s newest defence giant
Dateline: 4月 09, 2026 03:38 上午 | PRAGUE