Marcel Dobler

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Marcel Dobler, 2019

Marcel René Dobler (born August 29, 1980 in Männedorf , Canton of Zurich ; resident in Appenzell ) is a Swiss entrepreneur, athlete and politician ( FDP ). He is a founding member of Digitec and was its CEO for 13 years . He is co-owner and member of the board of directors of Franz Carl Weber . He has been a member of the National Council since 2015 .

Life

Dobler completed an apprenticeship as an electronics engineer with a professional diploma . After recruit training as a military police Grenadier he started a computer science studies at the Hochschule Rapperswil . During his studies he founded the company Digitec together with Oliver Herren and Florian Teuteberg in April 2001. As Co-CEO, Dobler developed Digitec into the leading Swiss business in online consumer electronics sales. After the takeover by Migros , he ended his position as Co-CEO and left the company after 13 years. Since 2018 he has been co-owner and member of the board of directors of the toy company Franz Carl Weber AG, and in 2019 he increased his stake to 50 percent. He is also President of ICT Switzerland and a member of the board of Economiesuisse .

Dobler lives with his wife and two children in Rapperswil-Jona .

politics

In the Swiss parliamentary elections in 2015 , Dobler was elected to the National Council in the canton of St. Gallen . There he is a member of the Security Policy Commission. According to his own statements, economic policy, infrastructure, traffic, digitization and cyber security are among his core topics.

In the Swiss parliamentary elections in 2019 , Dobler ran for Council of States and again for National Council. He was re-elected as a national councilor.

Sporting successes

  • 2006: 3rd place (Swiss Championship) outdoor men decathlon (7015)
  • 2007: 3rd place (Swiss Championship) indoor men heptathlon (5192)
  • 2007: Vice Swiss Champion Outdoor Men Decathlon (7268)
  • 2009: Swiss Open Air Men's Decathlon Champion (7465)
  • 2012: Swiss champions all around open air
  • 2015/2016: Vice Swiss Champion 2-man bob St. Moritz
  • 2015/2016: Swiss champion 4-man bobsleigh in St. Moritz
  • 2017/2018: Swiss Champion 4-man bobsleigh in St. Moritz

Awards

In 2015, Dobler received the Best of Swiss Web Prize together with the co-founders of Digitec .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Election lists National Council elections 2019, Canton St. Gallen, List 1. In: Swiss Federal Chancellery. Retrieved November 12, 2019 .
  2. ^ Digitec Galaxus AG. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  3. ↑ Digitec remains the online shop with the highest turnover in Switzerland. In: Computerworld.ch of September 23, 2014, accessed on July 10, 2019.
  4. ↑ Stefan Barmettler: Digitec: Migros takes over the majority in 2015. In: bilanz.ch of March 7, 2019, accessed on April 20, 2015.
  5. ↑ Benjamin Weinmann: Co-owner Marcel Dobler: "I'm not sure whether my children know Franz Carl Weber". In: aargauerzeitung.ch. August 7, 2018, accessed July 3, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Yves Burger disembarks at Franz Carl Weber, September 4, 2019
  7. ↑ Marcel Dobler on the website of the Federal Assembly ( submitted proposals ) . Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  8. ↑ Southeastern Switzerland : The Linth area creates a sensation with three national councilors , accessed on October 18, 2015
  9. ↑ a b Regula Weik: "I want that. I can do it." National Councilor Marcel Dobler wants to go to the Stöckli for the FDP St.Gallen. In: tagblatt.ch. May 27, 2019, accessed July 3, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Swiss-athletics.ch , accessed on April 3, 2018.
  11. ↑ SM results database | Swiss Athletics. Retrieved June 4, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Marcel Urech: Best of Swiss Web 2015: Digitec founders receive honorary award. In: netzwoche.ch. March 30, 2015, accessed July 3, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Dobler, Marcel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dobler, Marcel René (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss entrepreneurs, top athletes, politicians
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Männedorf , Canton of Zurich