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VOX has been celebrating great success with “The Lions’ Den” since 2014. The jurors or the so-called “lions” have to be convinced with inventions or clever business ideas for an investment. Several millionaire entrepreneurs are vying for the best business ideas. One of them is Carsten Maschmeyer. The Bremen native is one of the best-known business people in Germany. Maschmeyer comes from a humble background and discovered his passion for money and finance early on. Maschmeyer sold his company, the financial service provider AWD, in 2007 for a sum of 1.2 billion euros. In the “Lion’s Den” he invests primarily in founders he likes. His motto is: “There are no good companies. There are only good entrepreneurs.” Ralf Dümmel is the investor with the most deals in the show. The juror has already invested a total of more than ten million euros. The head of the DS Products group invented the Wassermaxx drinking water soda maker over 20 years ago and has now become one She has built up a considerable fortune of around 25 million euros. Juror Dagmar Gabriele Wöhrl is known from the political scene. Between 1994 and 2017 she sat for the CSU in the German Bundestag. The former Miss Germany has a great passion for cultural and social issues. Together with her husband , Entrepreneur Hans Rudolf Wöhrl has an impressive fortune of 150 million euros. Nils Glagau has been an investor since 2019. He is the managing director of the family-run dietary supplement manufacturer Orthomol. The company generates annual sales of around 150 million euros. Janna Ensthaler is a dedicated founder herself and soul. She is co-founder of the cosmetic box mailer Glossybox. Since 2021, founding partner of the Green Generation Fund, an investment fund specializing in climate and sustainability technologies. Tillman Schulz is a German entrepreneur who has been the managing director of the family business MDS Holding GmbH & Co. KG since 2020. The company was founded by his grandfather and has existed since 1949. Instagram account New lioness Tijen Onaran founded the consulting firm “Global Digital Women” and supports companies in strengthening their female managers. As an investor, she focuses exclusively on companies that are… Women were co-founded.