Jochen Schweizer

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Jochen Schweizer
Entrepreneur
Websitejochen-schweizer.de

Jochen Schweizer (born 23 June 1957) is a German

Guinness Book of World Records.[7][8] Schweizer also works as a motivational speaker.[9]

Biography

Schweizer in 2014

Education and world records

Schweizer was born in

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

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").

audio book.[44][45] In 2015 Schweizer published his second book "Der perfekte Moment" ("The Perfect Moment").[46] It became a bestseller.[47]

References

  1. ^ "Schenken ist völlig krisenunabhängig". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 25 February 2013. p. 25.
  2. ^ Philipp Elsbrock (29 October 2010). "Fürchte dich nicht!". Financial Times Deutschland (in German). p. 27.
  3. ISBN 978-3-8135-0514-6
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  4. ^ "Bis zum nächsten Festival müssen wir Jahre warten". Frankfurter Neue Presse (in German). 14 May 2001.
  5. ^ Kathrin Melliwa (21 January 2011). "Kein Prozess um tödlichen Bungee-Sprung in Dortmund gegen Jochen Schweizer". derwesten.de (in German). Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Die zehn extremsten Extremsportler der Welt". welt.de (in German). 15 October 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  7. ^ Lars Kreye (10 October 2007). "Immer an der Wand lang – aber senkrecht". welt.de (in German). Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  8. WirtschaftsWoche
    (in German). 17 November 2008. p. 22.
  9. ^ "Erlebnisportal". Format (in German). No. 48. 2014. p. 91.
  10. ISBN 978-3-86883-082-8
    .
  11. ISBN 978-3-86883-082-8
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  12. ^ Clemens Schömann-Finck (25 December 2012). "Ich musste mich erstmal komplett ausleben". focus.de (in German). Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  13. ISBN 978-3-86883-082-8
    .
  14. ^ Karin Janker (14 January 2015). "Vom Dressman zum Personaler". sueddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  15. ^ Diana Fröhlich (9 October 2010). "Das Kind im Mann". handelsblatt.com (in German). Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  16. ^ "3000 Meter tief ins Buch der Rekorde gesprungen". Frankfurter Neue Presse (in German). 19 September 1997. p. 1.
  17. ^ "Kleine Punkte am Himmel und 36 Sekunden freier Fall". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). 20 September 1997. p. 18.
  18. ^ Elisabeth Neuhaus (15 October 2014). "Ich sehe keinen Grund, mein Geld aus dem Fenster zu schmeißen". gruenderszene.de (in German). Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  19. ^ Christian Scherl (4 September 2013). "Ablenkung vom stressgeplagten Alltag". wirtschaftsblatt.at (in German). Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  20. ^ "Trento Film Festival". trentofestival.it (in Italian). Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  21. ^ Dominik Knobloch (2 June 2014). "Wenn das Leben an einem Seil aus Gummi hängt". Heilbronner Stimme (in German). p. 5.
  22. ^ Andreas Burkert (7 June 2015). "Seit 25 Jahren springen die da runter". drive-and-style.de (in German). Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  23. ^ "Adrenalinschub in der Vertikale". nzz.ch (in German). 17 September 2007. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  24. ^ "Mit der Seilrutsche gegen den Besucherschwund". welt.de (in German). 24 August 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  25. ^ "Der Adrenalin-Händler". zeit.de (in German). 28 January 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  26. ^ "Einzigartige Wunderwelt mit Vertical Catwalk". Leipziger Volkszeitung (in German). 8 September 2004. p. 23.
  27. ^ "Vertikaler Catwalk: Models tanzen an Fassade". Berner Zeitung (in German). 16 September 2004. p. 44.
  28. ^ "Denken ist eine große Belastung". welt.de (in German). 16 August 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  29. ^ "Mit Biss aus tiefsten Tälern befreit". Schwarzwälder Bote (in German). 20 June 2015. p. 9.
  30. spiegel.de
    (in German). 14 August 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  31. ^ "Der Erlebnisgesellschafter". brandeins.de (in German). 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  32. ISBN 978-3-95623-234-3
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  33. ^ "Erlebnis-Anbieter Jochen Schweizer setzt auf den Buchhandel als Vertriebsweg". boersenblatt.net (in German). 15 July 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  34. ^ "Die Unternehmensgruppe". jochen-schweizer.de (in German). Archived from the original on 3 November 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  35. ^ "Jochen Schweizer: Vom Film-Stuntman zum Unternehmer". Kurier. 16 October 2011. p. 19.
  36. ^ Rebecca Eisert (25 February 2015). "Das Geschäft mit dem Kick". wiwo.de (in German). Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  37. ^ Carina Kontio (5 September 2015). "Manager reden Klartext". handelsblatt.com (in German). Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  38. ^ Elisabeth Neuhaus (15 October 2014). "Ich sehe keinen Grund, mein Geld aus dem Fenster zu schmeißen". gruenderszene.de (in German). Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  39. ^ "Portfolio". jochen-schweizer-ventures.de (in German). Archived from the original on 14 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  40. ^ Alexander Hüsing (19 September 2014). "Ich will jungen Entrepreneuren Mut machen". deutsche-startups.de (in German). Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  41. ^ Jennifer Garic (19 August 2015). "Von großen Geschäften und kleinen Deals". handelsblatt.com (in German). Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  42. ^ Jonas Leppin (19 August 2015). "Höhle, Höhle, Höhle". spiegel.de (in German). Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  43. ^ "Stuntman griff zur Feder". Frankfurter Neue Presse (in German). 18 August 2010.
  44. ^ "Höher, schneller, tiefer". Abendzeitung (in German). 5 November 2010. p. 18.
  45. ^ "Ein Leben am Limit". Börsen-Zeitung (in German). 4 December 2010. p. 19.
  46. ^ Martin Becker (21 October 2015). "Perfekter Augenblick in genau 474 Tagen". merkur.de (in German). Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  47. ^ "Der perfekte Augenblick". buchreport.de (in German). Retrieved 15 November 2015.

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