Carl Freer

Infobox Person
name = Carl Freer
birth_date = birth date and age|1970|5|9
residence = Los Angeles
nationality = Swedish
other_names = Eric Jonssoncite news |url=http://www.realtid.se/ArticlePages/200510/31/20051031112907_Realtid365/20051031112907_Realtid365.dbp.asp |title=Så blev Carl Freer efterlyst |author=Olle Blomkvist |publisher=Realtid.se |date=2005-10-31 |language=Swedish] cite news |url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article722624.ece |title=The firm that blew it all in two years |author=Anthony James, Michael Gillard |publisher=The Sunday Times |date=2006-05-21]
partner = Mikael Ljungman

Carl Freer (born 9 May 1970) is a Swedish businessman and technology entrepreneur. Freer was Chairman of the Board of Gizmondo and is now engaged in an effort to relaunch the business and other technology driven efforts.

Business Activities

Freer founded Gizmondo in 2002, and was Chairman of the board of directors at "Gizmondo Europe" until he resigned his position in October 2005cite news |url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/27/gizmondo_shakeup/ |title=Gizmondo executives quit under cloud |first=Tony|last=Smith |publisher=The Register |date=2005-10-27] .

The company went bankrupt in February 2006, and Freer is currently engaged in relaunching the Gizmondo product, citing a potential launch in 3rd quarter of 2008 cite news | url=http://www.realtid.se/ArticlePages/200711/13/20071113094753_Realtid421/20071113094753_Realtid421.dbp.asp | title=Carl Freer startar om Gizmondo |first=Hans |last=Sandberg |publisher=Realtid.se |date=2007-11-13 ( [http://sandberghans.blogspot.com/2008/01/carl-freer-starts-over-with-gizmondo.html author's translation] )]

In 2008, Freer founded a startup called Media Power Inc. In May 2008, a partnership was announced where Media Power would donate $5M over five years to Georgia Tech to further Augmented Reality research. cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2008/05/26/daily19.html|title=Georgia Tech lands $5M to develop Augmented Reality
date=2008-05-28
accessdate=2008-06-03
work=Atlanta Business Chronicle |publisher= American City Business Journals
language=en]

Legal Problems

In his teens Freer forged his parents' signature for a loan and was convicted of fraud though Freer says he had his parents' permission to sign on their behalf for a student loan.cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-ferrari15may15,0,3415150.story?page=1&coll=la-home-headlines |title=Life in Fast Lane Long Before the Ferrari Crash |author=Jeffrey Fleishman |coauthor=Richard Winton |publisher=Los Angeles Times |date=2006-05-15] In 2005 he was fined by a German court for buying luxury cars with bounced cheques under the assumed name of Erik (Eric) Jonsson, though Freer says he cancelled the cheques himself because he "thought he was being sold stolen cars."

References

External links

* [http://www.themediapowergroup.com Media Power Corporate Site]