Florentin Banu is a business man from

Timișoara Timișoara (, , ; , also or ; ; ; see #Etymology, other names) is the capital city of Timiș County, Banat, and the main economic, social and cultural center in Western Romania. Located on the Bega (Tisza), Bega River, Timișoara is consider ...

. In 1994 he created the "Joe" waffles (his nickname from childhood) which he sold in 2000 to

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.Ce greseli trebuie sa eviti in primul an de antreprenoriat
12 Aprilie 2010, wall-street.ro, accesat la 8 octombrie 2010Florentin Banu: Vom continua afacerile cu apartamente pentru clasa de mijloc
3 iul 2007, zf.ro, accesat la 8 octombrie 2010 With his earnings from this transaction he founded in 2001 the supermarket network Artima. He sold it in 2005 to the investment fund

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and later acquired by

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. After that with his brother ''Daniel Banu'' he created BanuInvest group that created ''Banuconstruct'', ''Banusport'' and ''Interpart Production''.Pe stil Banu
, 2007-08-21, moneyexpress.ro, accesat la 7 octombrie 2010

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