KuzFirm

The KuzFirm is a universal banking firm that engages in multiplanetary investment banking, management, securities, and other financial services, primarily with planetary clients. It is a leading corporation and rates among the wealthiest and most powerful in the universal industry. It is headed by the prominent Kuz Clan business empire. Its current CEO is Marek Kuz.

With influence on economies, markets, businesses across the universe, the KuzFirm is a respected, powerful, and influential independent financial institution. Its reserves hold among the largest amounts of currency. It is known for its stock investment portfolio and shareholders. It is the biggest member of the business leg of Universal International, with billions of planets and empires in its membership. It has gotten quite involved in politics and supported much legislation, however has a clean track record of no corruption.

Beginnings
KuzFirm was founded in 1202 by jurist entrepreneur Kuzon VIII of the Kuz Clan. It began as large city banks on five highly-populated planets, proved successful, and began mass-expanding. By the time of his death in 1243, it was massively successful and worth billions, with shareholders on thousands of planets mostly within the Great Empire. His son, grandson, and great-grandson would be wealthy businessmen CEOs that carried the firm's legacy and continued to expand it to great heights.

The Great Civil War struck the company hard, pushing it to near-bankruptcy. Kuzon X first brought it into politics, as it declared support and funded the rebels. After his death, his grandson Karnai brought it out of the depression, making great strides in innovation and established KuzFirm as one of the most powerful in the universe.

War of Unification
As of August 1503, CEO Marek Kuz announced KuzFirm's support for and funding of the Great Empire as part of the War of Unification, and doing so, influenced many empires/planets to do the same. The war was short-lasted and merely a cold war of threats and ideas; there was no violence.

CEOs

 * Kuzon VIII (1156-1243 | r. 1202-43)
 * Kuzon IX (1180-1294 | r. 1243-80)
 * Kuzon X (1229-1337 | r. 1280-1337)
 * Karnai Kuz (1311-1412 | r. 1337-1412)
 * Zytheus Kuz (1383-1470 | r. 1412-70)
 * Marek Kuz (1440- | r. 1470-)