Company » friendlyway latest news » Press Releases

Dr. Florian Langenscheidt Joins the Board of friendlyway AG

Munich, August 16, 2001 -
At this year's Annual Shareholders' Meeting offriendlyway AG, Dr Florian Langenscheidt was unanimously elected asthe sixth member of the Board.
As a board member, Dr. Florian Langenscheidt chiefly representsTransatlantic Ventures AG, in addition to his other responsibilities.

Dr. Florian Langenscheidt - Biographical Details:

Born in Berlin in 1955;

German Studies, Journalism and Philosophy at Munich;

Doctorate "summa cum laude" in Advertising;

Studied Publishing at Harvard and Cambridge;

two years in Publishing in New York;

Master of Business Administration at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France;

Board Member of the Bibliographical Institute & F. A. Brockhaus AG (publishers of BROCKHAUS, MEYER and DUDEN, 1988-2001);

Author of "1000 Happy Moments", Heyne, 1991, "Wishing on Shooting Stars", Heyne, 1992, "Happiness with Children", Heyne, 1997", "100 x Courage - Good Examples for the Third Millennium", Heyne, 1999;

Author of numerous newspaper and magazine articles (including some for the FAZ, SZ, TAGESSPIEGEL, FORBES and MAX);

Columnist for CAPITAL;

Editor of "At Home. Prominent People Talk about their Childhood" (Econ, 1995);

Committee Member, Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF);

Founder and Chairman, "Children for a Better World"; Partner "German Foundation for Children and Youth";

Member of Board of Trustees, "The Reading Foundation" and "Atlantic Bridge";

Co-founder, "Atlantic Club";

Member of Munich Gentlemen's Club;

Lectureship at Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich (1988 - 2001);

Presenter of "Night-club" and "Around Munich" on Bavarian TV (since 1992);

Board Chairman, Transatlantic Ventures AG;

Board Member, Mediantis AG and friendlyway AG;

on Advisory Committee of Engel & Völkers and World Guide Inc.;

Member of the Publishers' Committee of the Stock Exchange Association of the German Book Trade (1992-1999);

Founding chairman of the study group, "Electronic Publishing" (Representation of the German Publishing Industry in Multimedia and Internet Matters);

Leader of the "Basic Principles of Limited Companies" Committee in the Federal President's Initiative Group for the Future (1996-1999);

Member of the Advisory Committee to the Federal Parliament's Commission of Enquiry "Future of the Media in the Economy and in Society" (1996 -1998);

Member of the BDI Committee " Politics of Multimedia and Telecommunications" (since 2000);

Partner in the Langenscheidt Publishing Group (includingLangenscheidt, Langenscheidt-Longman, Brockhaus, Duden, Meyer,Polyglott, APA, Könemann and Hexaglot), Mediantis AG, TransatlanticAirship Travel Company, i:FAO AG, Camgaroo AG, QED, Bet & Win AG,Gemstar, GAP, Fantastic AG, ARCUM/VECTRUM, IP Planet, friendlyway AG,Upsolut Sports AG, Transatlantic Ventures AG etc.ots Original Text Service: friendlyway AGInternet: www.presseportal.de