Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> October 2, 2000

Harald Albrecht – Arbomedia.net Ag (rbx.fnm)

DR HARALD ALBRECHT is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of ARBOmedia.net AG. Dr Albrecht who holds a PhD in Political Science from Freiburg University Germany is the driving force behind the continuous expansion of the company into the German market and the development of the Internet activities - a sector which is of great importance for the further growth of the entire group. Prior to the founding of ARBO Munich in 1987 which turned into ARBOmedia.net AG after the IPO in May 2000 Dr Albrecht held several executive positions at the German media corporation Kirchgruppe. He was for example responsible for various international film co-production projects in Italy and France. Before joining Kirchgruppe Albrecht spent several years with AV Euromedia, the TV arm of the Holtzbrink publishing group. There he was involved in the creation of the first private German TV channel SAT1. Prior to that Dr Albrecht held a position as assistant to the board at SEL/ITT. Dr Albrecht is married and has five children. Profile
TWST: Could you start with a brief introduction to ARBOmedia's

beginnings and a contemporary corporate profile?

Mr. Albrecht: We are an advertising sales house, for a long period of

time we