Freddy Burger Management
| FBM Freddy Burger Management |
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|---|---|
| legal form | Public companies |
| founding | 1969 |
| Seat | Zurich , Switzerland |
| management | Freddy Burger (owner), Christoph Bürge ( CEO ) |
| Number of employees | approx. 220 |
| Branch | Entertainment , gastronomy , event management |
| Website | www.fbm.ch |
The Freddy Burger Management (FBM), headquartered in Zurich is in event management , show business and in the gastronomy active Swiss group of companies.
Field of activity
The FBM group of companies comprises the three divisions FBM Entertainment , FBM Events and FBM Gastronomie . From 2019, the group will also take over Thunerseespiele AG .
The FBM Entertainment department focuses on the organization of cultural and entertainment events under the company name Rent-a-Show AG and is responsible for the management of Theater 11 Zurich and the Musical Theater Basel. Since it was founded in 1969, as one of the leading Swiss organizers, the company has brought numerous music and stage shows in the fields of musicals, dance, theater, comedy and circus as well as original productions of musicals to the Swiss stages, including Chicago , We Will Rock You and Blue Man Group , Disney THE LION KING , Mary Poppins and Wicked . The company has also been a local partner for various Cirque du Soleil shows since 1996 . FBM Entertainment is directed by Angelo Stamera.
In the FBM Events division , the company, under the direction of Christoph Bürge, organizes corporate events and events with a public profile.
FBM Gastro Management AG operates various restaurants, including Restaurant Sonnenberg, Restaurant Theater 11, Restaurant Schifflände (Maur) and Kafi Züri. She is also involved in restaurants, including the Kafi Bank and Club Mascotte. Nils Betschart is the head of FBM Gastro Management AG .
In addition to the three core areas, FBM also covers financial and fiduciary services and legal advice. The company is also involved in the leading Swiss television production company B&B Endemol Shine AG and in the booking and management agency Andreas & Conrad AG .
history
Freddy Burger's entrepreneurial activity began in 1965 at the age of 19 when he held his first major concert with the appearance of Cliff Richard in the Zurich Hallenstadion . This gave him a loss of 20,000 francs at the time, which meant that he was no longer able to keep the contract he had entered into with the Rolling Stones , at whose later concert in 1967 in the Hallenstadion the chairs were thrown away.
Then Burger joined the Schläpfer concert agency , where he worked as an artist agent and in 1967 became the manager of Pepe Lienhard. In 1969 he finally went into business for himself and founded Rent-a-Show AG as the basis of today's group of companies. He supplemented his work in 1973 by taking over a pub in Zurich, which was followed by dancing in Bern a year later. Between 1976 and 1980, Burger expanded its business activities as a partner of Good News Productions . In the meantime, Freddy Burger met Udo Jürgens in 1977 and became his manager .
Over the years, Freddy Burger Management expanded its business activities, most recently in 2006 with the takeover of the Rose d'Or TV festival in Lucerne.
In 2007, Freddy Burger Management received the Live Entertainment Award in the Best Artist Management category for his 30-year collaboration with Udo Jürgens. In the same year, Rent-a-Show AG was nominated for Udo Juergens concert tour in the category of best arena / hall tour.
Christoph Bürge has headed the FBM group since 2016. As an active owner, Freddy Burger is involved in all important strategic issues.