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Alexander Samwer
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Marc Samwer
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Oliver Samwer
Marc's bio
Marc Samwer holds a Master's Degree in Law from the University of Cologne where he graduated among the top of his class. After his studies, Marc worked in marketing for Visto Corporation in Mountain View, U.S.A., a Silicon-Valley start-up for communication services.
In January 1999, he and his two brothers founded Alando.de which became the market leader of internet auctions in Germany. After the successful sale of Alando.de to eBay Inc., Marc was Managing Director of eBay, responsible for Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Together with his brothers, he turned eBay Germany into the most profitable international site of eBay worldwide.
In 2000, Marc and his brothers founded Jamba! AG which became the market leader for wireless content such as music, pictures, games and videos for mobile phones in Europe and the US. In 2004 Verisign Inc. acquired Jamba! AG for USD 273 million. In 2006 News Corp. acquired 51% of Jamba for USD 187.5 million.
In 2003, Marc received the distinguished Eisenhower Fellowship Award.
Today, the three brothers support other entrepreneurs in establishing successful companies. Via their European Founders Fund (EFF) they invest in entrepreneurs and their businesses, focussing on Internet and Mobile start-ups. By investing in companies such as StudiVZ, MyVideo and Bigpoint, the EFF rapidly became the most successful early stage investor in Germany.
