Marc Walder

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Marc Walder

Marc Walder (born August 19, 1965 in Thal SG ) is a Swiss journalist , media manager and former professional tennis player . He is CEO and Managing Partner of Ringier AG and Chairman of the Group Executive Board.

Athletic career

Walder played as a professional between 1984 and 1991 tournaments on the ATP Tour . His best ranking in Switzerland was seventh, in the world rankings 170th in doubles and 575th in singles. In 1989 he was two-time Swiss champion in doubles (indoor and outdoor).

Career as a media manager

After eight years as a professional tennis player, Walder started a career at Ringier AG, a Swiss media company, in 1991. From 1993 to 1994 he completed an apprenticeship at the Ringier School of Journalism . From 1997 to 1999, Walder was deputy editor-in-chief of the Sunday newspaper SonntagsBlick and from 1999 to 2000 he headed the sports department of the daily newspaper Blick and SonntagsBlick. From 2000 to 2006, Walder was editor-in-chief of Schweizer Illustrierte . He then became editor-in-chief of SonntagsBlick and at the same time headed the newspaper division of Ringier AG. On September 1, 2008, Marc Walder took over the role of CEO at Ringier Switzerland in the group management. As a media manager, Walder relies on a strategy of diversification: Under his leadership, Ringier has supplemented its core business (newspapers, magazines, printing plants) with investments in entertainment (events, ticketing, radio, television) and transaction-based internet businesses (online marketplaces, e-commerce) On April 5, 2012, Walder was appointed CEO of Ringier AG and Chairman of the Executive Committee. Until March 2013 he was also CEO of Ringier Publishing. In 2016 he was jointly responsible for the founding of Admeira , a joint marketing organization of Ringier and Swisscom , and for the founding of the joint venture Ringier Axel Springer Schweiz AG . On January 30, 2018, it was announced at the Ringier Management Conference that Marc Walder had acquired 10 percent of the shares in the company and thus became managing partner.

digitalswitzerland

In 2013, Walder initiated the “Digital Zurich 2025” project. Together with representatives from the city, the canton and business leaders, Zurich is to become the digital capital of Europe. In 2016, the initiative was expanded to include the whole of Switzerland, as they wanted to make even more use of the location advantage. At the same time, “Digital Zurich 2025” was renamed “digitalswitzerland”. In 2017, Walder initiated the first Swiss Digital Day, which took place on November 21. On October 25, 2018, the second digital day took place under the motto "digital experience together". The third digital day took place on September 3, 2019 under the motto "Dialogue and dealing with digitization". This time the nationwide day of action was all about "lifelong learning". With this initiative, Walder would like to encourage the Swiss population to pursue lifelong learning. One day before the third digital day, on September 2, 2019, the 1st Swiss Global Digital Summit took place. In this event, Walder and Federal President Ueli Maurer invited high-ranking representatives from business and science to Geneva . The aim of this meeting was to launch the Swiss Digital Initiative (SDI), which in the coming years should help ensure that the digital world is also fair. Walder is president of the steering committee and member of the executive committee of digitalswitzerland. At the Digital Economy Award Night 2019, Walder was awarded the "Digital Economy Ambassador" prize. He was honored for his commitment to Switzerland as a business location and the ICT industry.

Mandates

Walder is a board member of several subsidiaries of the diversified media company Ringier. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Admeira AG, which is divided between the two main shareholders Ringier and Swisscom , Ringier Sports AG, the joint venture between Ringier and Infront, the sports marketing company based in Zug, Switzerland, Ringier Africa AG, the daily newspaper Le Temps SA and the online platform Scout24 Schweiz AG . Walder is Deputy Chairman of Ticketcorner AG and Ringier Axel Springer Schweiz AG , the joint venture between Ringier and the German media company Axel Springer SE , and a member of the Board of Management of Ringier Axel Springer Media AG . He is a member of the Board of Directors of JobCloud AG, Marquard Media AG, Sportradar Holding AG and a member of the Laureus Foundation Switzerland. In May 2012, Walder joined the board of directors of the Swiss Management Society. In June 2017, Walder took part in the constituent meeting of the Advisory Board for Digital Transformation of the Federal Council, of which he is still a member today.

Private

Marc Walder lives near Zurich, is married and has two daughters.

literature

Web links

Commons : Marc Walder  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marc Walder takes over 10 percent of Ringier. In: Handelszeitung. January 30, 2018, accessed April 19, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Organization. Ringier AG website, accessed on April 19, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b Marc Walder. July 27, 2015, accessed February 6, 2019 .
  4. ↑ New CEO at Ringier AG. April 5, 2012, accessed February 6, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Götz Hamann: Ringier: "More readers than ever before" . In: The time . October 6, 2011, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed February 6, 2019]).
  6. ^ Matthias Ackeret: Marc Walder. Retrieved February 6, 2019 .
  7. ↑ From intern to CEO - TV. Retrieved February 6, 2019 .
  8. ↑ New CEO at Ringier AG. April 5, 2012, accessed February 6, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Advertising alliance: The joint venture is called Admeira. Retrieved February 6, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Rainer Stadler: SRG cancels TV programs and sells Admeira shares | NZZ . June 28, 2018, ISSN  0376-6829 ( nzz.ch [accessed February 6, 2019]).
  11. ↑ Signing of the contract: Ringier and Axel Springer found a joint venture in Switzerland. September 17, 2015, accessed February 6, 2019 .
  12. ↑ CEO-Marc Walder takes over 10 percent of Ringier. Retrieved February 6, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Patrik Müller : You want to make Zurich the digital capital of Europe. In: Switzerland on Sunday . January 24, 2015.
  14. ↑ Digitization - Switzerland is gearing up for the first digital day . September 21, 2017 ( cash.ch [accessed November 13, 2018]).
  15. ↑ Digital Day goes into the second round. Retrieved November 13, 2018 .
  16. ↑ digitalswitzerland: digital day. Retrieved September 17, 2019 .
  17. ↑ Johannes Hapig: Switzerland has to be digitally sexy. Advertising week, September 2, 2019, accessed on September 17, 2019 .
  18. ↑ For fairness in the digital world. Blick, September 3, 2019, accessed September 17, 2019 .
  19. ^ Members. In: digitalswitzerland. Retrieved January 24, 2019 (American English).
  20. ↑ Digital Economy Award: Awards for brilliant achievements. Retrieved December 3, 2019 .
  21. ^ Organization of Admeira. Retrieved January 22, 2019 .
  22. ↑ Excerpt from the commercial register: Infront Ringier Sports & Entertainment Switzerland AG, Zurich / ZH - Web list Switzerland. Retrieved January 22, 2019 .
  23. ^ Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ringier Africa AG. July 27, 2015, accessed January 22, 2019 .
  24. ^ New composition of the Le Temps Board of Directors. November 1, 2017, accessed January 22, 2019 .
  25. ↑ Scout24 Schweiz AG. Retrieved January 22, 2019 .
  26. ^ Ticketcorner AG. Retrieved January 22, 2019 .
  27. ↑ Ringier Axel Springer Schweiz AG - Organization. Retrieved January 22, 2019 .
  28. ↑ Group Management | Ringier Axel Springer Media AG. Retrieved January 22, 2019 .
  29. ↑ job Cloud AG. Retrieved January 22, 2019 .
  30. ↑ Board of Directors. In: Marquard Media Group AG. Retrieved January 22, 2019 (German).
  31. ↑ Moneycab: Moneycab ›Marc Walder takes a seat on the Board of Directors of Sportradar. Retrieved on February 6, 2019 (German).
  32. ↑ Board of Trustees | Laureus Switzerland Foundation. Retrieved January 22, 2019 .
  33. ^ Board of Directors of the SMG. Retrieved January 22, 2019 .
  34. ^ Constitutive meeting of the Advisory Board for Digital Transformation of EAER and DETEC. Retrieved January 22, 2019 .
  35. ↑ More than a heroic story. In: Blick.ch from May 5, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Walder, Marc
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss journalist and former tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Thal SG , Switzerland