TMT & Gaming PETER WÜRTENBERGER| UPDAY CEO SPEAKER BIO Peter Würtenberger (49), has been the CEO of Upday since September 2015. The mobile news and information service Upday was founded recently by Axel Springer in cooperation with Samsung Electronics. Previously Peter held positions as CMO of Axel Springer SE, responsible for growing print and digital advertising revenues, as CEO of the WELT Newspaper Group and as CEO of BILD.T-Online. Before Axel Springer he served in various management positions at Yahoo! and Bertelsmann. Peter holds a degree in Business Management from Cologne University and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. From 2008 to 2012 he was an active member of the Group of Young Global Leaders at the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland. KEY CORPORATE FACTS & KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Berlin, Germany Upday – your personalized news app that makes every day an upday! Upday aggregates content from trusted brands and bloggers into a unique and simple format, combining the power of technology with the Office Locations Berlin intuition of journalists. Upday is your new news app, developed exclusively for Samsung smartphones, that ferrets out the Upday: 2015 stories that really interest you. Using lots of rocket science and a touch of magic, Upday compiles news Founded Axel Springer: 1946 items just for you from literally hundreds of sources. And the more you use upday, the better Upday can Samsung: 1938 tailor the recommendations Upday sends you. This means you can enjoy your very own personalised news stream, with content that’s relevant, gripping, and easy to navigate. To keep you fully up-to-date, Axel Springer: 13,917 the experienced Upday editorial team will supplement your personal news stream with a round-up of the No. of Employees Samsung: 489,000 majortopical developments – both in the UK and across the world. Active Markets Axel Springer: Worldwide Samsung: Worldwide Axel Springer: Media company engaged in Business Overview publishing newspapers, magazines and digital sales channels upday.com Website axelspringer.de samsung.com 104
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