Robert Hersov

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Robert Basil Hersov (born October 9, 1960 in Johannesburg , South Africa ) is a manager and entrepreneur. He comes from the Hersov family from South Africa, the founders of the Anglovaal group.

Life

His parents are Basil Edward Hersov and Antoinette. In 1982 he graduated from the University of Cape Town with a B.Bus.Sci degree. In 1989 he received his MBA from Harvard Business School.

He began his career at Goldman Sachs in New York and then headed the European media investment banking team at Morgan Stanley in London. From 1989 to 1991 he was business development executive at News Corporation in New York for Chairman Rupert Murdoch. He was then a board member of the luxury goods company Richemont SA. He also managed FilmNet.

He then became CEO of Telepiu Srl in Milan, Italy's largest pay-TV company, which belongs to the Mediaset media group , where he was also a member of the board, until August 1997 .

In 1999 he started his own business as an investor and entrepreneur: in September 1999 he co-founded Antfactory; In November 1999 he helped found Peoplenews.com.

He is involved in the following companies:

  • 100% in Sapinda International Ltd., London; a fund in which he holds all shares.
  • Sapinda Verwaltungs-GmbH, Berlin; (trading as Johanna 84 Vermögensverwaltungs GmbH )
  • Sapinda Beteiligungs-KG, Berlin
  • Vatas Holding GmbH, Berlin; with managing director Lars Windhorst ( insolvency since January 27, 2009 )
  • VATAS International BV, Amsterdam
  • 22.10% in Freenet AG , Büdelsdorf ; Sold April 2008
  • Vatas (Belgique) SA
  • 24% to conVISUAL AG, Oberhausen - Multimedia
  • 17.91% in Curanum AG , Munich - operator of nursing homes
  • Haarlem One
  • 18.56% in Air Berlin PLC & Co. KG, Berlin; Sold April 1, 2008
  • 8.44 percent in Balda AG
  • 10% in Jack White Productions AG based in Berlin

He became a co-founder of Marquis Jets Europe. When this was taken over in 2004 by Netjets Europe (a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. by Warren Buffett , which has the largest private jet fleet in the world), he became Vice Chairman there.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b euro adhoc voting rights: freenet AG , December 4, 2007.
  2. ↑ http://www.ftd.de/unternehmen/finanzdienstleister/:Nach-NordLB-Klage-Windhorst-Firma-ist-pleite/467525.html ( Memento from January 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Shareholder structure of freenet AG ( Memento of the original from March 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , As of September 19, 2008. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.freenet.ag
  4. ↑ New major shareholder: Vatas sells Freenet shares , April 1, 2008.
  5. ↑ Internationally renowned investor Robert Hersov invests in conVISUAL AG , press release (English) from March 17, 2006.
  6. ^ Circles: NordLB holds Air Berlin shares as pledge , April 4, 2008.
  7. ↑ Windhorst bankrupt again. Insolvency application for the Berlin holding company Vatas Holding GmbH ( Memento of the original dated February 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , January 30, 2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nw-news.de
  8. ↑ Jack White Produktions AG: Anglo-Saxon investor acquires 10% of the shares , May 25, 2005.

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personal data
SURNAME Hersov, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hersov, Robert Basil (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African manager and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Johannesburg , South Africa