Retail KLAUS-PETER SCHULENBERG | CTS EVENTIM CEO SPEAKER BIO In his capacity as CEO, Klaus-Peter Schulenberg is specifically responsible for Corporate Strategy, eCommerce and Marketing. He has been actively involved in the entertainment industry since his student days and founded his first company, an artist management and concert promotion agency, in 1973. After acquiring the shares of CTS Computer Ticket Service GmbH, Schulenberg went public with the company, as CTS EVENTIM AG, in 2000, thus laying the foundations for the future success of the CTS EVENTIM Group. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Bremen, Germany CTS EVENTIM AG, listed in the SDAX index, is Europe’s market leader in the ticketing field with activities in 20 countries. More than 100 million tickets for more than 140.000 events are Office Locations Europe marketed annually via EVENTIM group systems. In addition to more than 20.000 stationary outlets in Europe, EVENTIM distributes tickets via call centres and especially via internet Founded 1999 platforms like www.eventim.deund www.getgo.de. With a combined 360 million plus visitors, the ticketing websites run by EVENTIM group have been by far the most successful European Active Markets 20 countries ticket portals. Business Overview Ticketing services Also an important part of EVENTIM group is the segment of live entertainment, incorporating Exclusive ticket distributor of the Sochi the planning, organisation and promotion of concerts, concert tours, festivals and other live Recent Milestones Olympics events. Majority stakes in several of the most important concert promoters in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, long time proven relationships to national and international artists, KPI#1 100m tickets marketed annually successful open air festivals and numerous other events secure an outstanding market position for EVENTIM group in the European concert and entertainment industry. The unique KPI #2 140k events combination of live entertainment and ticketing in EVENTIM – a worldwide first – provides for a particularly attractive value added chain KPI #3 Europe’s #1 ticketing company Ownership Public Website eventim.de 67
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