Ferry Ebert

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Ferry Ebert, 2006
Ebert with a fairy tale and thought machine, 2006

Ferry Ebert (born December 16, 1934 in Vienna ) is an Austrian entrepreneur and vending machine manufacturer . From the 1950s he paved the way for vending machines, particularly in Central Europe and Scandinavia.

Life

After graduating from commercial school in 1952, he completed a few years of apprenticeship as a glassblower and later as a distributor or agent for commercial goods. In 1954 he became a representative at “Blausiegel”, now MAPA GmbH . In 1956 he came into contact for the first time with a delivery of 300 condom machines from Blausiegel, which were delivered to the address of his parents' house due to a chain of circumstances. After consulting with the purchaser of these machines, the Blausiegel company, Ebert began installing these machines and thus laid the foundation not only for his entrepreneurial career, but also for the later acceptance of machines in Austria and beyond.

In 1962, Ebert began setting up condom machines with his own company, which at that time only received a trade license for “medical laboratory supplies”. In 1986, after taking over the only Austrian vending machine manufacturer, "Theodor Braun", the company started producing its own machines. A total of around 100,000 machines for brands and products such as PEZ , Haribo , Wrigley , Tic Tac , Tutti Frutti and Brieflos were manufactured and sold all over the world.

From 1990 Ebert set up the so-called thought automaton in Vienna. If someone pulled a letter from the machine for ten shillings, he learned Ebert's thoughts on a special subject and was asked to send a letter to the person who had the idea. About a year and a half later, he transferred this concept to his fairy tale machine, which became a hit with the public. Ebert also initiated the auction of fairy tales made by children in Vienna's Dorotheum ; the proceeds went to charitable purposes. An initial public offering of the company, which was planned for 2001, did not materialize.

With the introduction of the euro in 2002, Ebert ended his business activities with the sale of his old Schilling machines, since the conversion of the 10,000 machines installed in Austria alone could not have been financed.

Ebert's machines have been exhibited at a number of exhibitions, including the Schlossmuseum Linz and the Wien Museum . He donated vending machines to fundraisers for the 2004 tsunami , the New York City Fire Department, and the Beslan hostage-taking .

Ferry Ebert lives in Vienna, is married and has two children.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Werfring: Automatic letters from Märchenopa. In: “Wiener Zeitung” of May 31, 2012, supplement “ProgrammPoints”, p. 7. Accessed on June 10, 2012 .
  2. Märchen-Automat - Der Sagenlichen (Spiegel online from February 21, 2007). Retrieved June 10, 2012
  3. ^ A Prince Charming for the Vienna Stock Exchange , Die Presse, November 29, 2001

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