Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> October 9, 2000

Rudiger Baeres – Intertainment Ag (itn.fnm)

RUDIGER BAERES is the founder and CEO of Intertainment AG, a German distribution, licensing and production company based in Munich. A Munich native, he obtained a law degree at the University of Munich in 1987 and degrees in Political Science and Economics while in France. Subsequently, Mr. Baeres lived and worked in London and later in Los Angeles, where he held entertainment related positions, including respectively ABC Radio affiliate and the computer software business. Mr. Baeres returned to Munich in 1990 as the Director of Acquisitions and Business Affairs for one of the largest German independent licensing companies, VPS. In 1993 Mr. Baeres left VPS and formed his own company, Intertainment. Profile
TWST: Mr. Baeres, could we start with a brief corporate profile, an

introduction to Intertainment, please?

Mr. Baeres: Intertainment is an entity producing and financing motion

pictures and is