Notable Lithuanian Companies (You Didn’t Know Were Lithuanian)

Wherever you may be watching this video from, you may or may not have many connections to Lithuania. Maybe you’re planning to visit the region as a tourist (or maybe a student) and so you’re just doing some research on KZbin. But today, I’m going to tell you that it’s possible youve already interacted more with Lithuanians or their businesses, than you’re actually aware of. That’s because there are a handful of pretty well-known international companies that were founded in the country, or at least founded by people of Lithuanian heritage. Let’s look at some of these businesses in today's video.
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[@LordPopoOG]

As a Lithuanian I'm shocked about Nord and Surfshark being Lithuanian, it's crazy knowing that I've seen them sponsoring someone a few hundred times

[@arnaslapenas9041]

I'm also Lithuanian. I saw a nord security truck once lol

[@sweet_cupcake2929]

I'm literally out of mind I never knew it

[@beandrag9019]

That’s interesting considering the map they use for their services shows dots in Eesti but not Lithuania.

[@snipermonkey3078]

Im lithuanian and im shocked

[@arnaslapenas9041]

@@beandrag9019 hm, well that's bizzare

[@LipTon019]

Maxima Group is owned by Vilniaus Prekyba, which also owns groups such as Euroapotheka (also owns a bunch of pharmacies in Sweden), Akropolis Group and Ermi Group (Ermitažas) - most of these are also well known throughout Baltic states.

[@UtamagUta]

Euroapotheka hasa branch for e-shops. Called Mint pharma

[@soupthought]

@@sekastarsi2397 ??? what

[@martinajanutenaite8843]

@@sekastarsi2397 Could you maybe disclose their name?

[@240pixel]

Lithuanian tech companies got that sponsorship game going lol.

[@vaidascizikas4241]

DEEPER castable sonar is well known in fishing world as first of this kind of sonnars and the very best. Founded, developed and manufactured in Lithuania for 10 years now.

[@markplenty2631]

I’ve been to Lithuania 🇱🇹4 times, and I love it, I’ve even learned to speak Lithuanian enough to be ok as a tourist.

[@jjjjjj6634]

Nice to hear that būt same Time will be nice to hear kaip tu šneki lietuviškai 🙂😉🇱🇹💪

[@renatgal2946]

😊 Faina girdeti!

[@markplenty2631]

@@jjjjjj6634 how I talk?… well with a bad accent but somewhat understandable so I’ve been told..

[@markplenty2631]

@@renatgal2946 aš negeriu

[@ugnikalnis]

We Lithuanians it doesn't matter how is your broken Language is we will always appreciate it that you try to speak!!! If we ain't gonna get it we won't judge... Anyway we will find a way to understand You!!! Stay Safe!

[@annaofeliya]

Fun fact I'm a user of Wolf spaces services :D so I endorse the sponsorship!

[@makizupe4120]

i use vinted nearly everyday and tbh i thought it was polish. i love the site and am positivly shocked that its lithuanian. also stokrotka i thought was polish and isnt. GREAT VIDEO😎

[@saujax]

stokrotka was polish. Maxima just bought that...

[@mantaszakarauskas9103]

Deeper Sonar are fast growing international company also founded in Lithuania :)

[@raer5373]

Wtf? So Lithuanians are responsible for 2 of the most well known VPN's. It makes sense some videos and even services like xbox game pass are not available here for some reason. That's sick tho ngl.

[@ramunasvanagas868]

I use game pass without a problem, only used UK random address.

[@Auri713Real]

oh so thats why there was nordpass ads on lithuanian tv

[@erikgstewart]

Nice. I'll be visiting Lithuania as a tourist in two weeks. And in my home town in Norway we have a Lithuanian supermarket, I can assure everyone that Lithuania has Europe's best food!

[@ORIA_1125]

so jealous, I live in Sweden and can not find any lithuanian shop close by. I miss homefood :) thank you so much for appreciating my country's food! :)

[@RADIS370]

Im a lithuanian,and i reccomend you visiting Klaipeda too

[@Ruger5757]

@@RADIS370 Pirtariu su tavim, žmogau.

[@RADIS370]

@Djskksjs Jsjsjsjsjzjxjx Okay,they aren't weird to me although

[@PandaW0man]

Usually people argue that their country has the best food and I'm so glad you agree that Lithuania has the best food, I'm Lithuanian and Irish and I mostly don't eat what I would usually eat in Lithuania

[@algimantasfedaravicius1664]

Also in the gambling industry, BetGames was founded by Lithuanians, they provide content to all gambling markets around the world

[@cloudrider7386]

Cool As a lithuanian i was never told that these vpn’s were lithuanian

[@krubzbubz]

i was really suprised! i think i already knew or atleast thought of hostinger being lithuanian, since i got many ads about it, and i mean, MANY ads.

[@UtamagUta]

0:20 "Let me tell You that You interacted with Lithuanian business already than You are aware of" *[Laughs in Ikea MALM]* or any other Ikea shelf unit. We take over the world 1 room at the time! Seriously though, SBA group is huge and their biggest client is Ikea. There's a high chance that Your shelves, closets, wardrobes or kitchen cupboards, or any other wooden piece of furniture are produced in Lithuania.

[@ORIA_1125]

yes, bought a coffee table from ikea in Sweden - made in Lithuania :)

[@UtamagUta]

@@ORIA_1125 sad effect of that is that Ikea is by far the biggest private forests owner in Lithuania.

[@annaofeliya]

Thanks for making these videos! I'm so curious are you lithuanian? :D

[@bazinga-tt9pj]

He's Canadian I believe

[@K_Z_Man]

@@bazinga-tt9pj Yeah, he said he's Canadian and went to visit Lithuania, but then stayed when he got married

[@sarunasrugys2578]

If u look at cars, racing and similar, there are IRP (Individual Racing Parts) founded in Garliava. Parts for cars of this company is appreciated in Europe and US. Also Samsonas building racing gearboxes, they are located in US, but founder is Lithuanian if i'm not mistaken.

[@gedas3419]

Samsono dežes visdar Utenoje gaminamos

[@sarunasrugys2578]

@@gedas3419 dekui už patikslinimą, sumaiśiau su FEAL suspension 😁

[@rix_s4112]

Do a part 2 🙂 good to know that such big names are from the country i live in and so many people dont know 🙂

[@EveryFurtherMile]

Very interesting! I had no idea!

[@Mistcr...]

BrOooOoo, last week I had homework on this. Where were u man when I needed u :(

[@LithuaniaExplained]

😂😂😂 you have to give me more notice if you need me to do your homework for you

[@pbow1394]

awesome video

[@diamondsimon6912]

Fun fact the first ever employee at unity is a lithuanian

[@markust7709]

City Bee is Lithuanian car rental company operating in most Western European countries🙂

[@vital0208]

What are you even talking about? It's a shitty company that scams its clients and leaks all of their info, including personal/passport numbers, passwords and payment cards. And it's operating in Baltics states only, with some plans to expand to Poland (non of which are Western European countries)

[@Taurasas1991]

I think you're mixing up with Bolt, which is present in most of Europe and is an Estonian company.

[@DrLifeGamer]

@@Taurasas1991 no, I have seen citybee in many places

[@NOORPRGAND]

@@Taurasas1991 no Citybee is Lithuanian, but Bolt Drive which is a part of Bolt is Estonian

[@Taurasas1991]

@@DrLifeGamer Officially on their website, they only operate in the Baltics and Poland (in which they temporarily suspended the operations), so not sure of what "many places" you are talking about. Even their app allows to choose from cities in the Baltic States only.

[@Monte80]

Weirdly I forgot that some of those is Lithuanian though was actively using their services at the time. When businesses were small and just starting.

[@flopjul3022]

as a dutch, Vinted sounded so dutch(in terms of what they do, like everyone has more then one app here for 2nd hand things(that arent vehicles) that i thought it was dutch

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

I tried Slavic VPN, but all it did was get hammered and brawl. So I tried Germanic VPN, but all it wanted to do was brawl with other software, then get hammered. So that's why I went with Nord VPN.

[@MindSyrup]

You can not talk about NordVPN and not mention Internet historian .. his ads to the company are like movie trailers

[@tomtex9664]

And Oversimplified. And since recently(maybe longer) Pewdiepie.

[@renatgal2946]

Well there is this Teltonika company that's is suppling personal and vehicle trackers and internet routers... 😊 Little known outside of business industry.

[@PijusONLINE]

Thanks for the video, it may indeed surprise some. Random unsuspecting Lithuanians first and foremost among them :D! Or perhaps those times are now gone forever with Nords officially becoming a unicorn earlier this year and therefore getting a lot of domestic news attention. But I'd say as late as this time last year, most Lithuanians still didn't know it's a Lithuanian company even in cases when they had personally signed up as clients off of an ad from their favourite KZbinr or Twitch streamer. Especially if they're not from Vilnius and have never spotted employees with the blue NordVPN lanyards getting coffee somewhere in the city centre or doing the Vilnius marathon as a team with matching T-shirts or something like that. And speaking of the same holding as Maxima, but another step of consolidation higher yet (Vilniaus Prekyba), the AKROPOLIS shopping malls are also developed and owned by them, as well as the EUROAPOTHECA (Eurovaistinė in Lithuania) pharmacies, of which there are like 700+ across the Baltics and Sweden.

[@LithuaniaExplained]

😲😲😲

[@dolorian_dollar]

I have had Nord VPN for like 3 years now and thought it was Estonian. I couldn't choose any of the Lithuanian proxy servers at the time of purchase so if anything I thought there was no way it had been a Lithuanian company. Now I know 🙂

[@Lego_astronaut.]

Thats very interesting. This is also the second video im asking for you to make lithuanian tv channel video

[@axolotlarecute2354]

I thought Vinted was in Lithuania only haha. Nice interesting informational video.

[@aurimas3758]

Hostinger CEO was Aurimas Rapalis, though was succeeded by Arnas Stuopelis in mid-2015. Aurimas Rapalis, the Owner of Hostinger was murdered.

[@GordonIsFreeman]

Exactly Hostinger was founded by Aurimas Rapalis not Arnas Stuopelis.

[@beisiknikneimas]

😯

[@ExodentalCADAcademyofNorth]

@@GordonIsFreeman oh damn... remember that story...

[@godadzene]

Lithuania is the best

[@kestutisi]

I heard about NordVPN bunch of times on YT, but only recently have I known that it's a Lithuanian company and this video confirmed it once again. As Lithuanian I feel a bit shamed about this 🙈

[@PandaW0man]

Why are you ashamed??

[@arunassl876]

Perhaps it's worth mentioning that most of sophisticated lasers (perhaps 80%) in the world including the ones in ISS and CERN are made in Lithuania.

[@jurgismykolaspalciauskas5900]

• Girteka Logistics and Hegelmann Group as well (largest logistics companies on the continent) • Apranga (clothing chain at the Baltics) • Kesko Senukai (retail chain at the Baltics + Belarus) • Orlen Lietuva (not exactly Lithuanian, but a very important company at the Baltics) And so on, those are just the first ones that come to mind

[@SnowTheKitsune]

I think orlean lithuania ages ago with different name was lithuanian name but polis people bought it :C

[@jurgismykolaspalciauskas5900]

Nothing changed The only oil refinery in the Baltics (Mažeikių Nafta) and the largest oil terminal in the region (Būtingės naftos terminalas) operate under this name And as a result Lithuania controls the entire oil and petrol market in the Baltics as well “Orlen Lietuva” isn’t polish, but lithuanian company which is a subsidiary of a polish concern

[@a4yster]

>>Girteka Logistics and Hegelmann Group They are not even in the first 10 of largest. DHL, DB and Maersk are the first 3 largest logistic companies in the union.

[@jurgismykolaspalciauskas5900]

@@a4yster Dude just don't embarrass yourself cuz u don't even know what a logistics company is 😂 Girteka is one of the largest transportation companies in Europe with the LARGEST number of trucks on the continent Girteka is predicted to become the largest transport company on the continent by 2026 as well

[@a4yster]

@@jurgismykolaspalciauskas5900 Rather funny to learn that after putting over a million kilometers under my belt behind a steering wheel of a semi-truck - I apparently do not know what a logistics company is. Let it be known to you that logistics company is the one that is in the business of logistics and this is a VERY vague term. You do not need any trucks or physical equipment to be called one, all you have to do is to connect a seller to a purchaser and facilitate the delivery. The means are not important. That natgas pipeline from Russia to Germany is also a piece of logistics infrastructure because it moves the goods from the source to the consumer(or it could have if not for the war). Nor does one measure the "largeness" of any corporation by the amount of trucks it has. Corporation is measured by the net or gross revenue, profits, ROI, and what not. In case of logistics - by the tonnage moved, by asset value etc. And by revenue - sea container haulers are bigger than any of the trucking companies simply because one ship can hold more containers than the entire 9000 trucks of your Girteka.

[@kerstas10]

Carvertical now tries to concour UK. Prob. Whole europe too.

[@melvinjonathan8628]

Arcadia Group Ltd (1929 to 2001) former parent to Top Shop, Burton, Evans, Miss Selfridge, Debenhams etc; founded by Montague Burton aka Mošė Osinskis born Kurkliai 1885 died Leeds 1952

[@tomasbosas7539]

That name sounds like he was lithuanian- jew(litvakas)

[@SirAdamUK]

And is buried in Harrogate. Ironically, Sir Phillip Green who took over and ran Arcadia Group until it collapsed last year was born in 1952.

[@thepauliuxas7048]

im a lithuanian

[@eimantas314-rblx]

There is a facility called WRKLAND(Workland) But I might try Wolf Space out

[@FireLionLV]

Fun Fact: The Maxima footage (before mentioning Barbora) was in Latvia. But is it just me, or the scene, where there is Maxima Express, looked like was also taken in Latvia, more precisely t/c Akropole

[@LithuaniaExplained]

Yes I think you’re right- good spotting!

[@mrgoat8007]

you forgot to tell that maxima is operating a supermarkets in spain like supersol and cash diplo

[@Moliugas89]

"Carrefour has finally completed the acquisition of Supersol in Spain. The Supersol shops were part of the Lithuanian Maxima Group." - from an article written 1,5 years ago.

[@mrgoat8007]

@@Moliugas89 oh ok

[@martynaschaskauskas8289]

What about on of the biggest aviation company Avia Solution Group?

[@lukosius68]

As a side note, did you know, that Albert Einstein's teacher in uni was Kaunas born Herman Minkowski?

[@exlibrisas]

Did not know about Surfshark!

[@nubakaszaidzia725]

aš nežinojau kad norde vpn yra iš lietuvos

[@OddElephantLTU]

So that's why Nord sponsors Lithuanians youtubers. I'm lithuanian and didn't know most if these

[@raimondaszubrickas5514]

i olso live in lihttuania

[@backlone]

one video on Lithuanian Tax System please!

[@martinsancitis7566]

At 4:30 - everyone. Everyone in Latvia knows about lithuanian connection😄

[@Grenade80]

Sometimes it' s called Lithuanian Embassy :D

[@ciimy]

Carvertical too, cofounders are all lithuanians.

[@viktoraskesminas8033]

Paysera recently updated their logo.

[@mezmaniaa]

Holy shit. Had a dream way before I even met my girlfriend that I was waving to someone from an office, and that office seems to be exactly like the wolfspace one. A couple seconds into watching the part about wolfspace, I realise it’s where I had that dream, and the person I was waving to was my girlfriend who lives literally right across the street. That’s phenomenal

[@sekastarsi2397]

Not Lithuanian but knew that these companies are Lithuania made. Lithuania is a wonderful country to live😍👍🏼 Recommended.

[@vikinggamer7727]

3:03 another Arnas, lets go.

[@adrijusputinas3946]

im from Lithuania😀

[@domkagames885]

👍

[@elzejauniute5118]

Definitely not me a lithuanian shouting at every thing because I didn’t know they were lithuanian:0

[@wrld3D]

Hostinger was actually founded by a different person, he was sadly murdered in 2015 by some teen, because of his luxury cars...

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

Best bateries are Lith... oh, that's Lithium!

[@DYesish]

good luck

[@82w56]

i am from lithuania

[@HorseToPeel]

SVEIKI ŽMONĖS (:

[@Radiofy1]

labas :D

[@FlowerGirlMy]

Laba 🤗

[@weeb2869]

labas

[@saldussapnai3464]

labukas :D

[@cepelinai]

labas ;)

[@MarioGaldi]

siuliciau padaryti video apie tai,kad gaminama Lietuvoje,daugelis lietuviu galvoje,kad Lietuvoje negaminama nieko,arba tik smulkme skirta uzsienio rinkai ir mazai kas zino apie tokiu puslapi kaip gaminama .lt kur gali pasiziureti :) per youtube ir fb manau greiciau zmones pasieks zinios apie tai,ka mes gaminame :)

[@UtamagUta]

Tai čia neišsemiama tema. Kiek daug sužinojau vien namie darant remontą. Pvz. elektros jungtukai kuo puikiausi lietuviški; akmens skaldos kriauklės - nors ir atrodo padoriai bet mišinys Š ir neprilygs Franke. Bet lygiai tą patį ir apie kaimynus galima pasakyti, pvz pas mane prabangūs šviestuvai, pagaminti Lenkuose; O jau apie siūvyklas tai išvis nesužinoim kas s(vis dar) siuvama LT iš tarptautinių brandų

[@sabakag]

Lietuvoje gaminama ganėtinai daug. Pradedant maisto, statybų, baldų, rūbų, chemijos pramone, baigiant kateriais, automobilių dalimis, anti-dronų šautuvais ir šoviniais.

[@rinkairiozuki7245]

So, you saying, that NordVPN is Lithuanian? So, basically, My Countries company sponsors MY Boy - Internet Historian? Fu*k yes

[@tigrasvika9370]

Hello

[@aurered6387]

I now even more proud my coutry now lithuanians please make very popular video game like latvians made The withcher 3 wild hunt or we already have?

[@EvilDangerHD]

you forgot car scanning tool - OBDELEVEN made by VOLTAS

[@kirvis250]

I only know about them because they sent me job offers a few times.

[@AdrenaIinerusher]

i am from Lithuania or in lithuania it's Lietuva

[@gustvans1479]

Great video but you forgot one company called Eneba

[@dainiussatas]

yep he did

[@dudelt2]

Revolut? Anyone?

[@matikramer9648]

😊

[@beandrag9019]

I always thought nord vpn would’ve been from a Nordic country lol😂

[@LithuaniaExplained]

I imagine the fact that it’s called Nord and they never really publicize their “Lithuanianness” internationally is on purpose, since people who don’t know anything about Lithuania might be scared off? The term nord/Nordic is better known and has a generally good reputation… Just my own theory though!

[@beandrag9019]

@@LithuaniaExplained yeah no that’s really true, they’re seen as very advanced that totally makes sense.

[@vytautassulcas6494]

@@beandrag9019 Baltic states Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are the part of North Europe

[@beandrag9019]

@@vytautassulcas6494 I agree but lietuva isn’t a Nordic country, it’s just Baltic. I think all the names and labels can get a bit silly at times

[@domanacs7513]

kietai

[@proudconservative4930]

Lietuva amžina

[@snaigusas5963]

I feel like nord vpn, surfshark and hostinger has lithuanian roots, because of our fast internet speed...

[@igres.]

Lithuania is strong

[@sillygoofball815]

im lithuanian and i didnt know abt nord vpn tf

[@sillygoofball815]

and surfshark what

[@jomantasjas8912]

I AM LITHUANIA

[@domasbajorunas4514]

theres two more popular groccerry stores in lithauania iki norfa im from lithaunia so this is basic knowledge to me

[@redcapass]

Deeper Smart fishfinder

[@karolisbaldauskas5659]

TRANSFERGO LTD ASWELL

[@AruLily]

Noice. That's all this LT has to say.

[@justinask.7003]

How about Avia solotion gruop and mg group ?

[@BubbleGum-ef9bh]

If You are true and brave You don't need VPN ~!

[@polytetrafluoroerrorleneL]

52 seconds ago, nice

[@lauradaug]

im a lithuanian and i didnt even konw😂

[@valdasnetavo8746]

Really? Where is ENEBA?

[@danasvai4776]

Translate this Aš esu DanasVai ir aš esu lietuvis ir man patinka kiek DAUG populiarių svetainių, myliu LIETUVAA!!!

[@SnowTheKitsune]

How is laser industry not mentioned? :C

[@dievas1]

Very niche. But yes, we do have high tech industry, ekspla lasers, brolis semiconductors and so on

[@milkman-ig4zl]

rimtai nord vpn lietuviskas?

[@teemotop7046]

if u r here elosanta

[@maikotter9945]

Beitrag des Donnerstages, 11. Mai 2023 There are ships between the cities Kiel and Memel. Could you make comparism video about Lithaunia, through history? In which year, the electric light was first introuduced to Lithuania and so on! Could you compare the Parts of Eastern Prussia to each other: Memelland (LT); Ermland (PL); Masuren (PL); Königsberger Gebiet (RU)? Polish politicians try make the Polish name version of Königsberg [Preußen] the official one! The literal meaning of the Polish name version, is equal to the German name version! Soviet President Michail Kalinin planned the Katyn massacre, killing the elites of the Rezpospolita, the Polish country from 1918 bis 1939! Tilsit is still called "Sowjetsk"! Kingdom of Lithuania Commewealth of Poland and Lithuania Reichskommissariat Ostland Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Republic of Lithuania

[@witoldwojno8083]

I would also ad Revolut bank that is popular in eastern europe and was created by lithuanians ❤️🇱🇹

[@01dom]

It is not, its created by a Russian UK Citizen and an Ukrainian. The bank is overlooked by Lithuanian bank though.

[@suevialania]

🇵🇹👍🏻🇱🇹

[@astuxa1111]

Im from 🇱🇹 matot aš esu lietuvis

[@IgnorantC]

Okay had no idea, that's crazy

[@gameamder8768]

Negaliu patkėti, kad Lietuva tokia populiari?!? XD

[@woofwoofwoof2272]

Klabin S.A. brazils second biggest paper manufacturer was created by two Lithuanian jew families

[@jonstainerr5340]

Maxima its something you would't brag about dude its dreadful.