Schoss voted Business Angel of 2002
Joachim Schoss has been named Switzerland's newest Business Angel of the Year announced brains-to-venture. He replaces last year's Daniel Borel.
The 38-year old German businessman was chosen as Switzerland’s business angel of the year by Bilanz, a Swiss business magazine, and Initiative Startups, a government economic development program.
Schoss is the CEO of Beisheim Holding, an online retailing empire. He was selected because of his multiple investments in startup companies and his promotion of business angel investors in the local business community.
Schoss started out working as consultant for Gemini Consulting, later he founded TellSell Consulting, which he sold to Metro Holding . He then co-founded Telcare GmbH that grew to employ 350 people and was sold in 1997. Then followed founding Scout24 which he ran for two years. He is now a manager at Beisheim Holding Schweiz, of which he owns 30 percent.
by Valerie Thompson
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