Igor Fait Earns on Industry What He Loses in Nerves on Football: 2JCP Grows by 600 Million Crowns

Czech billionaire Igor Fait is known not only for the Artis Brno football club, which by his own admission gives him "plenty of stress," but also for the industrial holding 2JCP in the portfolio of his investment group Jet Investment — and this business is going far more smoothly and profitably.

In the fiscal year ending in March, 2JCP's revenue grew year-on-year by roughly 600 million crowns to reach 2.481 billion, with EBITDA coming in at 355.8 million crowns. This marks the eighth consecutive year of growth for the company, which manufactures comprehensive technology solutions mainly for the energy sector — this year's growth rate came to 31%.

Back in 2022, 2JCP's revenue stood at around 1.7 billion crowns, and a year later it even dipped slightly due to order delays and the sale of subsidiary PBS Power Equipment. The company didn't break the two-billion mark in 2024 either, earning 1.89 billion crowns. The current jump to 2.481 billion confirms that the temporary slowdown is now behind it.

Notably, these results still don't fully reflect the March deal — the acquisition of electrical engineering firm ACS from Příbram, which joined 2JCP shortly before the fiscal year ended. Calculated as a full year of operations including ACS, the group's revenue would have come to 3.021 billion crowns, with EBITDA at 538.7 million crowns.

"For us, 2025 was about maintaining our growth pace, even as energy and industry are changing rapidly due to the geopolitical situation. At the same time, we took an important step by acquiring ACS: looking at the expanded group, it's clear we're moving into a new category in terms of scale and capabilities," says 2JCP Group CFO Viktor Šimko.

ACS itself brought over 25 years of experience in electrical installation, automation, and control systems to the group, along with around 130 employees and a strong client portfolio in the transmission networks segment. The deal expands 2JCP's technological capabilities and fits the company's ambition to become a comprehensive engineering platform for major international energy and industrial projects.

The group opened another chapter in March 2026, establishing the 2JCP Air Filtration division, which will handle the supply and servicing of air filtration systems for gas turbines — building on the company's more than twenty years of experience in this field, but now offering the full cycle: from component development and manufacturing to service and spare parts supply.

"The past year showed that our long-term strategy is delivering concrete results. We're strengthening the capabilities that matter most to clients — the ability to provide comprehensive solutions, manage technically complex projects in an international environment, and ensure long-term service support," notes the group's President and CEO Vojtěch Křenovský, who has led the company since 2022.

Today 2JCP employs almost a thousand people at plants ranging from Račice in northern Bohemia through Třebíč and Prague to branches in the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Poland, and Bulgaria, exporting its products to more than 50 countries. The company is a key supplier of electrolyzers to Siemens Energy and, together with British firm KEW Technology, is developing technology to convert biomass into hydrogen. 2JCP plans to pursue further growth primarily in North America and the Middle East.

For Igor Fait, 2JCP is an outstandingly successful project, whose financial gains clearly outweigh the stress and costs tied to his other investment — the Artis Brno football club. The club will play in the top league next season, but earned that spot not through sporting victories, but through administrative reshuffling and corruption violations by the Karviná club: the team never actually won its place in the elite on the pitch.