Dr. Florian Langenscheidt Joins the Board of friendlyway AG / Unanimous Vote at the Annual Shareholders' Meeting
Munich (ots)
At this year's Annual Shareholders' Meeting of friendlyway AG, Dr Florian Langenscheidt was unanimously elected as the sixth member of the Board.
As a board member, Dr. Florian Langenscheidt chiefly represents Transatlantic Ventures AG, in addition to his other responsibilities.
Dr. Florian Langenscheidt - Biographical Details
Born in Berlin in 1955;
German Studies, Journalism and Philosophy at Munich;
Doctorate "summa cum laude" in Advertising;
Studied Publishing at Harvard and Cambridge; two years in Publishing in New York;
Master of Business Administration at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France;
Board Member of the Bibliographical Institute & F. A. Brockhaus AG (publishers of BROCKHAUS, MEYER and DUDEN, 1988-2001);
Author of "1000 Happy Moments", Heyne, 1991, "Wishing on Shooting Stars", Heyne, 1992, "Happiness with Children", Heyne, 1997", "100 x Courage - Good Examples for the Third Millennium", Heyne, 1999;
Author of numerous newspaper and magazine articles (including some for the FAZ, SZ, TAGESSPIEGEL, FORBES and MAX);
Columnist for CAPITAL;
Editor of "At Home. Prominent People Talk about their Childhood" (Econ, 1995);
Committee Member, Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF);
Founder and Chairman, "Children for a Better World";
Partner "German Foundation for Children and Youth";
Member of Board of Trustees, "The Reading Foundation" and "Atlantic Bridge";
Co-founder, "Atlantic Club"; Member of Munich Gentlemen's Club;
Lectureship at Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich (1988 - 2001);
Presenter of "Night-club" and "Around Munich" on Bavarian TV (since 1992);
Board Chairman, Transatlantic Ventures AG ;
Board Member, Mediantis AG and friendlyway AG; on Advisory Committee of Engel & Völkers and World Guide Inc.;
Member of the Publishers' Committee of the Stock Exchange Association of the German Book Trade (1992-1999);
Founding chairman of the study group, "Electronic Publishing" (Representation of the German Publishing Industry in Multimedia and Internet Matters);
Leader of the "Basic Principles of Limited Companies" Committee in the Federal President's Initiative Group for the Future (1996-1999);
Member of the Advisory Committee to the Federal Parliament's Commission of Enquiry "Future of the Media in the Economy and in Society" (1996 -1998);
Member of the BDI Committee " Politics of Multimedia and Telecommunications" (since 2000);
Partner in the Langenscheidt Publishing Group (including Langenscheidt, Langenscheidt-Longman, Brockhaus, Duden, Meyer, Polyglott, APA, Könemann and Hexaglot), Mediantis AG, Transatlantic Airship Travel Company, i:FAO AG, Camgaroo AG, QED, Bet & Win AG, Gemstar, GAP, Fantastic AG, ARCUM/VECTRUM, IP Planet, friendlyway AG, Upsolut Sports AG, Transatlantic Ventures AG etc.
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