I was born in 1947 in the South of Germany, did my commercial apprenticeship in an international machinery factory, went for two years each to France and to Great Britain for working, returned to Germany to study economics, operated my own office as a business consultant from 1971 till 1973 and joint an industrial company as confidential clerk. In 1980 I bought a production company in the North of Germany and the whole family moved to Scheessel, a small town with 10.000 inhabitants near to Hamburg and Bremen. Since then my company is active in the field of Bowling and does installations in various countries within Europe, Russia and Asia. I am a member in Rotary since 1985, serviced in our club as secretary, president and international service.