Their children's passion for radio plays turned Patric Faßbender and Marcus Stahl into entrepreneurs: their Toniebox became a bestseller. We never dreamed that some of our characters would be more successful than some singles by Ed Sheeran or Justin Bieber. In fact, 50 Tonie figures have achieved platinum status, which means that more than 250,000 have been sold. In the UK we are recognized as the fastest growing preschool toy supplier. We're expanding in the US and partnering with Disney...
For them, the vaccination against the corona virus was just a step towards a larger goal: defeating cancer. In the podcast "A new medicine - the Biontech story", doctors Özlem Türeci and Uğur Şahin talk about their plans. Uğur Şahin, the founder of the Mainz company Biontech, is fighting a number. The number is: 229,068. That's how many people died in Germany last year from cancer, from stomach cancer, skin cancer, pancreatic cancer. Almost 230,000 people. Şahin knows he can't...
by Giuseppe Di Grazia and Martin Schlak 12/15/2022, 06:12 11 mins Their corona vaccine made Biontech founders Özlem Türeci and Uğur Şahin world famous. To this day, you don't have a car or a television - but you have plans that could save millions of lives again. a conversation With their vaccine, doctors Özlem Türeci and Uğur Şahin changed the course of the pandemic - and their own lives at the same time. Today they are world famous and multiple...
The founder and former boss of the now bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, who was arrested on suspicion of fraud, will not be released until the trial date because of the risk of absconding. A judge in the Bahamas on Tuesday refused to post bail for Bankman-Fried and instead sent him to a local correctional facility. Bankman-Fried, who was arrested in the Bahamas the day before, bowed his head and hugged his parents after the judge denied bail on...
Status: 12/13/2022 9:26 p.m The founder of the insolvent crypto exchange FTX was arrested in the Bahamas on Monday. Now, among others, the US Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a lawsuit against Bankman-Fried. He is said to have embezzled funds from investors. By Claudia Sarre, ARD Studio Washington Just a few months ago he was considered a child prodigy in the crypto industry, now Sam Bankman-Fried faces many years in prison. Shortly before his arrest in the Bahamas last...
When Airbnb was founded, it was the result of an economic crisis. And Corona also gave the company an unexpected boost. In conversation with the star strategy chief and co-founder Nathan Blecharczyk explains why he sees the current crisis as an opportunity. And how travel has changed. Mr. Blecharczyk, you are the head of strategy at Airbnb, you founded the company together with CEO Brian Chesky and your roommate Joe Gebbia. We started out in tough economic times, during the...
auction In the footsteps of Steve Jobs: the Apple founder's Birkenstock sandals are for sale Apple founder Steve Jobs was a friend of simple clothes - in the seventies the tech pioneer preferred to wear Birkenstocks. © DPA It may be almost impossible to follow in the footsteps of Apple founder Steve Jobs. Well, unless you just buy your old slippers. They're up for auction now - the current bid is $22,500. Apple founder Steve Jobs' wardrobe was functional, high-quality...
Rainer Schaller McFit founder's search for crashed plane expanded - no flight recorder on board McFit founder Rainer Schaller and his family were involved in an airplane accident on Friday © DANIEL ROLAND / AFP McFit founder Rainer Schaller and his family were involved in an airplane accident on Friday. After the crash, the emergency services have now expanded their search for wreckage. After the crash of German entrepreneur Rainer Schaller's private plane off the coast of Costa Rica, the...
After the crash of German entrepreneur Rainer Schaller's private plane off the coast of Costa Rica, the emergency services have expanded their search. In consultation with the authorities of the neighboring country, an aerial search was also carried out in Panamanian waters for wreckage, said the director of the Costa Rican coast guard, Martín Arias, on Monday. Initially, however, no further debris was found there either. The search operation with around 60 emergency services will continue as long as necessary.There...
According to the local authorities, the German entrepreneur Rainer Schaller and relatives were on board the small plane that crashed off the coast of Costa Rica. A source at the San Jose Department of Public Safety confirmed Sunday that the founder of gym chain McFit and five other people were in the plane at the time of the crash.So far, the bodies of two fatalities have been found, and the search is ongoing. According to the Costa Rican authorities, there...
