Oliver Jung

Oliver Jung
Born	July 5, 1972(1972-07-05) Heidelberg, Germany
Nationality	German
Occupation	Entrepreneur, Private Venture Capital

Oliver Jung is a serial entrepreneur^[1] and private venture capital investor based in Pfaeffikon, Switzerland.

Early Life & Biography

Oliver Jung (born 1972) was born in Heidelberg, Germany and grew up in Hockenheim in southern Germany. He moved to Karlsruhe in order to pursue a degree in computer science at Technische Universität Karlsruhe (University of Karlsruhe).^[2]

Career

During his studies in Karlsruhe he got interested in internet technologies and finally founded his own internet IT services company Entory AG.^[2] In 2001, Deutsche Boerse Group, the largest operator of stock exchanges in Germany, decided to acquire Entory^[3] in a friendly acquisition when it had approx. EUR100 million in annual revenues.^[4]

Jung acted in a number of companies as a consultant, founder and later CEO or board member before handing the project over to an employed management team. Some of his private equity investments in seed and early-stage Internet and mobile companies were investments in Adconion Media Group,^[5] e-Puls.pl,^[6] Imagekind.com,^[6] Xing,^[6] Smava.de,^[6] StudiVZ Ltd. (sold to Holtzbrinck),^[6] Webnews.de,^[6] Netmoms.de,^[6] Nimbuzz.com,^[6] Private Sale GmbH,^[6] Adscale.de,^[6] be2.com,^[6] seatwave.com,^[6] and Lokalisten GmbH.^[6]

Oliver was involved in Xing, a social network for business people in Germany, though he is still involved in StudiVZ, a Facebook-like competitor for students in Germany Brands4Friends ^[7]: the leading shopping club in Germany and most popular social network Facebook.^[8] Along with Klaus Hommels, Oliver also heads Global Square AG:^[9] an international operator of shopping clubs such as Brandsclub in Brazil, Markafoni in Turkey, KupiVIP in Russia, Fashion-and-you in India, BrandsExclusive in Australia, Cobone in UAE and FashionFriends in Switzerland, Clickon in Brazil, DealsAndYou in India, Spreets in Australia and Grupfoni in Turkey.^[10]

References

1. ^ Oliver Jung on Web 2.0 Expo
2. ^ ^{a b} Entory AG
3. ^ Oliver's First Company
4. ^ Oliver Jung as a speaker on Innovate Events
5. ^ Adconion Media Group
6. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m} Oliver Jung on Startup Wiki
7. ^ Brands4Friends
8. ^ Oliver Jung & Facebook
9. ^ Oliver Jung & Global Square AG
10. ^ Oliver Jung on Exciting Commerce

External links

• Oliver Jung on Exciting Commerce
• lOliver Jung on Exciting Commerce
• Oliver Jung on Exciting Commerce
• Oliver Jung on The Alarm Clock
• Brands Alliance
• Oliver Jung on Arabcrunch
• Deals & You Release
• Oliver Jung on Facebook
• Oliver Jung on Twitter

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Name	Jung, Oliver
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Date of birth	1972-07-05
Place of birth	Heidelberg, Germany
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