Hannes Jagerhofer

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Hannes Jagerhofer (born February 8, 1962 in Klagenfurt ) is an Austrian entrepreneur, marketing and PR manager, event expert and author . The ACTS Group he founded is one of the most renowned event and communication agencies in Austria. Building on the ACTS Group, Hannes Jagerhofer founded Beach Majors GmbH, which has been organizing the Beach Volleyball Major Series together with Red Bull since 2015 - a sports series with the most valuable tournaments on the FIVB World Tour (including major tournaments, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships).

Origin and private life

Hannes Jagerhofer, born in Klagenfurt in 1962, attended the Lerchenfeld high school in Klagenfurt and studied medicine and computer science in Vienna from 1980 to 1984 . In 1985, the Carinthian went into business for himself and became one of the most renowned event managers in Austria.

Jagerhofer has two children and lives with his family in Carinthia , Vienna and Fort Lauderdale , Florida. The entrepreneur is a passionate pilot and hobby farmer, enjoys water skiing and kitesurfing in his free time.

Entrepreneurial activity

Event management

In 1985 Hannes Jagerhofer started his own business and in 1987 organized sporting events in the Carinthia area for the first time . In the 1990s, Hannes Jagerhofer distinguished himself primarily as a clubbing organizer. He organized the first “clubbing” in Austria in places like an aircraft hangar at Vienna-Schwechat airport , at Club Splendid in Vienna, at the dairy in Vienna's Stadtpark or at the Vienna Technical Museum . From 1989 Jagerhofer also organized customer and major events on behalf of companies such as Lauda Air , Visa and T-Mobile .

In 1990 he founded ACTS Werbeveranstaltungen GmbH (renamed ACTS Group in 2011 ). In the following years, ACTS was awarded, among other things, for the conception and implementation of the brand presentation of Apple Computers at CeBIT in Hanover , for the overall conception of the company presentation of the brands Sony, Sony Music and Columbia Tristar at the IFA in Berlin , for the organization of the Stiegl brewing art festivals , the Ö3 -Expedition-Großglockner, the opening of the T-Center building in Vienna , the event “15 Years Philharmonic Coin ” and much more. From 2003 to 2005 he ran the branch ACTS International Inc. in Florida and a helicopter - Shuttle service named HelicopterShuttle.com .

Over the past 20 years, Jagerhofer has organized numerous events in his home town of Carinthia : from 1999 to 2004 the Cart City Circuits in Velden and most recently from 1996 to 2016 the beach volleyball tournament in Klagenfurt.

Lecturing activities

From 1995 to 2005 Hannes Jagerhofer gave seminars at the Ueberreuter Manager Academy on the subject of "Event Management". During this time his book "Event Marketing - 10 Steps to Success" (1995) was written. From 1999 to 2003 Jagerhofer was a lecturer at a university of applied sciences for Marketing & Sales.

Checkfelix

In 2005/2006, Hannes Jagerhofer founded Jabo Software Vertriebs- und Entwicklungs GmbH with the online travel and flight search engine checkfelix . In 2011 Hannes Jagerhofer sold checkfelix to the US travel portal Kayak .

YPD challenge

From 2009 to 2015, Jagerhofer organized an "online scavenger hunt " under the name YPD-Challenge in Austria and Bavaria , a competition for schoolchildren and students to obtain holiday internships at well-known Austrian and German companies. Jagerhofer's concern: to give young people a fair chance at work - without any B vitamins. Together with the Danube University Krems (Applied Game Studies) and the Sigmund Freud Private University, a multi-stage, innovative selection process for young professionals was developed. The YPD Challenge took place in 2014 and 2015 not only as an online competition, but also as a live TV show on the Austrian broadcaster ServusTV. The broadcaster relied on an interactive TV online real-time concept that pioneered innovative ways on the Austrian TV market with second screen applications.

Checkrobin

In 2012, in the course of his numerous business trips, Hannes Jagerhofer came up with the idea of ​​using the unused space in the empty trunk of motorists as a sensible means of transport.

In the age of the sharing economy , he met the ravages of time and founded the start-up checkrobin.com in 2013, the first ride-sharing for things of all kinds. Private broadcasters and drivers were thus provided with a platform throughout Austria to send items quickly and unpacked . Drivers who already cover certain distances are connected to potential transmitters. Objects can be moved quickly and unpacked from A to B, thereby saving unnecessary CO 2 emissions and saving existing travel costs.

In 2017 Jagerhofer opened the platform under the name myrobin.com for all of Europe, and in 2016 a comparison platform for parcel services was added. Today Checkrobin cooperates with various shipping service providers such as DPD , UPS or Hermes with the aim of showing its customers the cheapest, fastest and easiest way to transport parcels to their destination. Checkrobin has also been offering the Checkrobin Business extension since 2018 in order to provide a shipping platform for frequent commercial senders. Checkrobin Business is aimed purely at business customers and currently operates on the German market.

beach volleyball

Hannes Jagerhofer is also known as "Mr. Beachvolleyball". In 1996 Jagerhofer organized the first beach volleyball tournament in Klagenfurt . The first Austrian Masters tournament was played in front of 27 visitors on the final day. Jagerhofer attracted the fans to the ranks with free beer.

The participation of the first international beach volleyball teams in the Austrian tour stop of the FIVB World Tour in 1997 showed the potential of this sport. In 2001 Klagenfurt hosted the third FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships. This was an important turning point which not only laid the foundation stone for beach volleyball in Austria , but also for the future success of the event. From 2002, Klagenfurt became the official venue for the annual FIVB Grand Slam and two European championships in 2013 and 2015 . In 2006, the Grand Slam in Klagenfurt was voted the best tournament in the world by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball .

Beach Volleyball Major Series

Inspired by the success of the Klagenfurt event, Jagerhofer founded Beach Majors GmbH , a joint venture between him and Red Bull, and organizer of the Beach Volleyball Major Series. The Beach Volleyball Major Series is the international sports series with the most valuable tournaments of the FIVB World Tour, including the FIVB World Tour Finals (highest prize money and highest ranking points). In 2017 a branch of Beach Majors GmbH, Beach Major USA LLC, was opened in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Since 2015, the series' tour stops have been held around the world: in Austria , Croatia , Switzerland , Germany , Norway , Canada and the USA .

FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships

In 2017, Jagerhofer and Beach Majors GmbH got the rights to host the 2017 Beach Volleyball World Championship . This took place on the Danube Island in Vienna for 10 days in front of a total of 180,000 fans - and thus advanced to one of the largest beach volleyball events in the history of sport. The media compared the great success of this event to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro .

From June 28th to July 7th, 2019 Jagerhofer also hosted the Beach Volleyball World Championship 2019 in Hamburg . In the Am Rothenbaum tennis stadium , the organizer welcomed over 130,000 visitors to the 12th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships 2019 presented by comdirect & ALDI Nord.

Works

  • Event Marketing - 10 Steps to Success . Manstein, Perchtoldsdorf 1995.
  • Carinthia pure & sea . H. Jagerhofer, Vienna 2008 ISBN 978-3-200-01198-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andreas Resch: The business with words and images. Lit, 2008, ISBN 978-3-825-81827-2 , p. 271. Restricted preview in Google book search
  2. ↑ The nominees are up: HORIZONT and IAA are looking for “Marketer of the Year” . ( horizont.at [accessed October 17, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Jagerhofer celebrates 20 years of acts . ( horizont.at [accessed October 17, 2018]).
  4. ↑ Beach Volleyball relies on new partners for global expansion . In: OTS.at . ( ots.at [accessed October 17, 2018]).
  5. ↑ FIVB: tournament categories of the world association FIVB. Retrieved September 10, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Biographical data on Hannes Jagerhofer. Retrieved October 17, 2018 .
  7. ^ Family life : confession from Hannes Jagerhofer . ( kurier.at [accessed October 17, 2018]).
  8. ↑ simone.hoepke: Jagerhofer: "I prefer to sit on the tractor" . ( kurier.at [accessed October 17, 2018]).
  9. ↑ news networld Internet Service GmbH: Hannes Jagerhofer: "No success without fear" . In: news.at . July 24, 2015 ( news.at [accessed October 24, 2018]).
  10. ↑ Everything used to be better — where are the Viennese off-locations? In: Noisey . October 28, 2016 ( vice.com [accessed October 17, 2018]).
  11. ↑ The Sofiensäle will be completely renovated after nine years . In: mein district.at . ( mein district.at [accessed October 17, 2018]).
  12. ↑ Beach volleyball: lots of bread, even more games. In: diepresse.com. July 28, 2004, accessed January 8, 2015 .
  13. ↑ kaernten.orf.at: Final end for beach volleyball
  14. ↑ Event Marketing: 10 Steps to Success . In: EconBiz . ( econbiz.de [accessed October 17, 2018]).
  15. ↑ a b Biographical data on Hannes Jagerhofer. In: purundmeer.at. June 3, 2008, accessed January 8, 2015 .
  16. ↑ FutureZone Magazine: Deal perfect: Hannes Jagerhofer sells checkfelix. Retrieved September 10, 2018 .
  17. ↑ www.heuta.at, today: Jagerhofer: Give it your all . In: heute.at . ( heute.at [accessed October 17, 2018]).
  18. ↑ (c) 2003–2013 Danube University Krems - University for Further Education. All rights reserved .: Applied Game Studies - YPD Challenge. Retrieved October 17, 2018 .
  19. ^ Start of the YPD Challenge 2010 - The Next Level . In: OTS.at . ( ots.at [accessed October 17, 2018]).
  20. ↑ YPD-Challenge: Quiz show on Servus TV starts on April 9th ​​- derStandard.at. Retrieved October 17, 2018 .
  21. ↑ ServusTV shows the YPD Challenge . ( horizont.at [accessed October 17, 2018]).
  22. ↑ claudia.oppel: Checkrobin: Jagerhofer starts transport service. Retrieved February 10, 2020 .
  23. ↑ Hannes Jagerhofer launches checkrobin.com - derStandard.at. Accessed February 10, 2020 (Austrian German).
  24. ↑ Salzburger Nachrichten: Rent the trunk with a new project. Retrieved February 10, 2020 .
  25. ↑ checkrobin goes to Germany and Niki Lauda pays for parcel shipping. In: incubator. April 4, 2017, accessed on February 10, 2020 (Austrian German).
  26. ↑ Beach volleyball world championship in Vienna is also a career highlight for Jagerhofer . In: vienna.at . ( vienna.at [accessed October 17, 2018]).
  27. ↑ Beach volleyball World Cup is also a career highlight for Jagerhofer
  28. ↑ http://www.austria.com/beach-volleyball-wm-in-wien-ist-auch-fuer-jagerhofer-ein-karrierehoehepunkt/5384104
  29. ↑ http://oe3.orf.at/sendung/stories/2857438/
  30. ↑ https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20170730_OTS0028/hannes-jagerhofer-sehen-im-oe3-fruehstueck-bei-mir-ueber-seine-umzugsplaene-nach-florida
  31. ↑ http://oe3.orf.at/sendung/stories/2857438/
  32. ↑ http://aroundtherings.com/site/A__61152/Title__Vienna-Beach-Volleyball-Vibe-Rivals-Rio/292/Articles
  33. ^ Frank Heike, Hamburg: Final of the Beach Volleyball World Cup: A new world-class duo for Germany . ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed July 18, 2019]).
  34. ↑ Frank Mackerodt: Hamburg is becoming the capital of beach volleyball. Retrieved September 10, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Jagerhofer, Hannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian event and PR manager
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Klagenfurt