Jochen Schweizer Explained

Jochen Schweizer
Birth Date:23 June 1957
Birth Place:Ettlingen, Germany
Occupation:Entrepreneur

Jochen Schweizer (born 23 June 1957) is a German entrepreneur.[1] He founded the eponymous group of companies that offers, among other things, experience vouchers.[2] [3] Schweizer is a pioneer of extreme sports and bungee jumping in Germany.[4] [5] [6] He has worked as a stuntman in films and advertising, set several world records and appears several times in the Guinness Book of World Records.[7] [8] Schweizer also works as a motivational speaker.[9]

Biography

Education and world records

Schweizer was born in Ettlingen near Karlsruhe, he grew up in Heidelberg.[10] After the Abitur, he traveled through Africa.[11] [12] Working for an international freight forwarding company, he first led shipments for the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit in West Africa and was subsequently appointed Managing Director of the new branch office in Munich.[13] In the 1980s, Schweizer had various engagements as a stuntman. He performed a bungee jump in Willy Bogner's action film "Fire, Ice and Dynamite".[14] In the following years, Schweizer set several world records,[15] including in 1997 for the jump from a helicopter with the longest bungee rope and the highest fall distance of 1,050 meters.[16] [17] The same year, Schweizer ended his career as a stuntman.

Entrepreneurial activities

In 1985, Schweizer founded the event and advertising agency Kajak Sports Productions, headquartered in Munich.[18] This company later became the foundation for the Jochen Schweizer Group.[19] Kajak Sports Productions produced several fun sports and action sports movies, such as "Mad Family", "Over the Edge", "Topolinaden" and "Verdon – Die Schlucht gestern und heute".[20] In 1989 the company opened the first stationary facility in Germany, located in Oberschleißheim.[21] It is the oldest still active jumping facility in Europe.[22] In subsequent years the company expanded its activities to include other activities and adventures,[23] [24] [25] such as the vertical catwalk show.[26] [27]

Schweizer's companies faced a major crisis in 2003 due to a fatal accident at the Florianturm in Dortmund.[28] [29] The company changed its business and focused on selling experiences from then on.[30] In 2004 the company started to sell experience vouchers over the Internet.[31] Later, they opened their own stores in Germany,[32] with experience vouchers also sold through trading partners.[33] Today, the Jochen Schweizer Group offers a total of 1,900 different experiences, employs 500 people and achieves an annual turnover of 70 million euros.[34] The company is the market leader for experience vouchers in Germany.[35] [36] [37]

In addition to his position as general manager of the Jochen Schweizer Group, Schweizer is an investor.[38] Jochen Schweizer Ventures is involved in numerous startups.[39] [40] In 2014 and 2015 Schweizer was part of Die Höhle der Löwen on VOX.[41] [42]

Literary works

In 2010, Schweizer published his biography entitled "Warum Menschen fliegen können müssen" ("Why People Have to Fly").[43] The book was reviewed positively and appeared in 2014 as an audio book.[44] [45] In 2015 Schweizer published his second book "Der perfekte Moment" ("The Perfect Moment").[46] It became a bestseller.[47]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. News: Schenken ist völlig krisenunabhängig . . 25 February 2013 . 25 . de.
  2. News: Philipp Elsbrock . Fürchte dich nicht! . . 29 October 2010 . 27 . de.
  3. Book: Jo Wüllner . German für Deutsche: Die 666 wichtigsten Wörter zum Überleben . Knaus . Munich . 2013 . 978-3-8135-0514-6 . de.
  4. News: Bis zum nächsten Festival müssen wir Jahre warten . Frankfurter Neue Presse . 14 May 2001 . de.
  5. Web site: Kathrin Melliwa . Kein Prozess um tödlichen Bungee-Sprung in Dortmund gegen Jochen Schweizer . . 21 January 2011 . 8 September 2015 . de.
  6. Web site: Die zehn extremsten Extremsportler der Welt . . 15 October 2012 . 8 September 2015 . de.
  7. Web site: Lars Kreye . Immer an der Wand lang – aber senkrecht . welt.de . 10 October 2007 . 21 September 2015 . de.
  8. News: Menschen der Wirtschaft . . 17 November 2008 . 22 . de.
  9. News: Erlebnisportal . . 48 . 2014 . 91 . de.
  10. Book: Jochen Schweizer . Warum Menschen fliegen können müssen . Riva . Munich . 2010 . 978-3-86883-082-8 . 11–12 . de.
  11. Book: Jochen Schweizer . Warum Menschen fliegen können müssen . Riva . Munich . 2010 . 978-3-86883-082-8 . 24–86 . de.
  12. Web site: Ich musste mich erstmal komplett ausleben . focus.de . Clemens Schömann-Finck . 25 December 2012 . 21 September 2015 . de.
  13. Book: Jochen Schweizer . Warum Menschen fliegen können müssen . Riva . München . 2010 . 978-3-86883-082-8 . 74, 109–112 . de.
  14. Web site: Karin Janker . Vom Dressman zum Personaler . . 14 January 2015 . 8 September 2015 . de.
  15. Web site: Diana Fröhlich . . Das Kind im Mann . 9 October 2010 . 8 September 2015 . de.
  16. News: 3000 Meter tief ins Buch der Rekorde gesprungen . Frankfurter Neue Presse . 19 September 1997 . 1 . de.
  17. News: Kleine Punkte am Himmel und 36 Sekunden freier Fall . Frankfurter Rundschau . 20 September 1997 . 18 . de.
  18. Web site: Elisabeth Neuhaus . Ich sehe keinen Grund, mein Geld aus dem Fenster zu schmeißen . gruenderszene.de . 15 October 2014 . 21 September 2015 . de.
  19. Web site: Christian Scherl . Ablenkung vom stressgeplagten Alltag . . 4 September 2013 . 21 September 2015 . de.
  20. Web site: Trento Film Festival . trentofestival.it . it . 11 September 2015.
  21. News: Dominik Knobloch . Wenn das Leben an einem Seil aus Gummi hängt . Heilbronner Stimme . 2 June 2014 . 5 . de.
  22. Web site: Seit 25 Jahren springen die da runter . drive-and-style.de . Andreas Burkert . 7 June 2015 . 12 September 2015 . de . https://web.archive.org/web/20151117030701/http://www.drive-and-style.de/news/magazin/detailansicht-magazin/artikel/seit-25-jahren-springen-die-da-runter.html . 17 November 2015 . dead .
  23. Web site: Adrenalinschub in der Vertikale . . 17 September 2007 . 21 September 2015 . de.
  24. Web site: Mit der Seilrutsche gegen den Besucherschwund . welt.de . 24 August 2009 . 11 September 2015 . de.
  25. Web site: Der Adrenalin-Händler . . 28 January 2014 . 16 September 2015 . de.
  26. News: Einzigartige Wunderwelt mit Vertical Catwalk . . 8 September 2004 . 23 . de.
  27. News: Vertikaler Catwalk: Models tanzen an Fassade . . 16 September 2004 . 44 . de.
  28. Web site: Denken ist eine große Belastung . welt.de . 16 August 2009 . 21 September 2015 . de.
  29. News: Mit Biss aus tiefsten Tälern befreit . Schwarzwälder Bote . 20 June 2015 . 9 . de.
  30. Web site: . Erlebnis-Unternehmer Schweizer: Herr des Vollkasko-Kicks . 14 August 2012 . 9 September 2015 . de.
  31. Web site: Der Erlebnisgesellschafter . brandeins.de . 2008 . 9 September 2015 . de.
  32. Book: 111 . Klartext: Sagen, was Sache ist. Machen, was weiterbringt. . Gabal . Dominic Multerer . 978-3-95623-234-3 . Offenbach . 2015 . de.
  33. Web site: Erlebnis-Anbieter Jochen Schweizer setzt auf den Buchhandel als Vertriebsweg . boersenblatt.net . 15 July 2009 . 21 September 2015 . de.
  34. Web site: Die Unternehmensgruppe . jochen-schweizer.de . 13 October 2015 . de . https://web.archive.org/web/20151103033938/http://presse.jochen-schweizer.de/fakten/unternehmensgruppe/ . 3 November 2015 . dead .
  35. News: Jochen Schweizer: Vom Film-Stuntman zum Unternehmer . . 16 October 2011 . 19.
  36. Web site: 25 February 2015 . Rebecca Eisert . Das Geschäft mit dem Kick . wiwo.de . 21 September 2015 . de.
  37. Web site: Manager reden Klartext . handelsblatt.com . Carina Kontio . 5 September 2015 . 9 September 2015 . de.
  38. Web site: Ich sehe keinen Grund, mein Geld aus dem Fenster zu schmeißen . gruenderszene.de . Elisabeth Neuhaus . 15 October 2014 . 9 September 2015 . de.
  39. Web site: Portfolio . jochen-schweizer-ventures.de . 12 September 2015 . de . https://web.archive.org/web/20150914050443/http://www.jochen-schweizer-ventures.de/portfolio/ . 14 September 2015 . dead .
  40. Web site: Ich will jungen Entrepreneuren Mut machen . deutsche-startups.de . Alexander Hüsing . 19 September 2014 . 12 September 2015 . de.
  41. Web site: Jennifer Garic . Von großen Geschäften und kleinen Deals . handelsblatt.com . 19 August 2015 . 9 September 2015 . de.
  42. Web site: spiegel.de . Höhle, Höhle, Höhle . Jonas Leppin . 9 September 2015 . 19 August 2015 . de.
  43. News: Stuntman griff zur Feder . Frankfurter Neue Presse . 18 August 2010 . de.
  44. News: Höher, schneller, tiefer . . 18 . 5 November 2010 . de.
  45. News: Ein Leben am Limit . . 4 December 2010 . 19 . de.
  46. Web site: Perfekter Augenblick in genau 474 Tagen . . Martin Becker . 21 October 2015 . 23 October 2015 . de.
  47. Web site: Der perfekte Augenblick . buchreport.de . 15 November 2015 . de.

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