Marketplaces PETER SCHMID| WERLIEFERTWAS Co-Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO Since August 2012 Peter F. Schmid has been CEO and shareholder of “Wer liefert was”. He brings more than 17 years of Internet experience gained in various leading positions. He was CEO of PARSHIP GmbH, the leading online matchmaking service in Europe. From 2006 to 2009, as CEO of mobile.international GmbH, he led, among others, Germany’s largest vehicle marketplace mobile.de. At the same time, Schmid acted as Vice President and Member of the management team at eBay Classifieds Group, which supports classified advertising markets in over 20 countries. From 2001 to 2005 he was Managing Director of AutoScout24 and founded Scout24 Media. Schmid started his career at the end of the nineties with Procter & Gambleandholds an MBA fromLMU in Munich. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Hamburg, Germany “Wer liefert was” is the leading supplier search engine in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Office Locations Hamburg 24 million visits (IVW checked) making it the most-visited website for B2B purchases. About 530,000 suppliers, producers, distributors and service providers get in touch with 1.6 million Founded 1932 genuine buyers every month on wlw.de, wlw.at and wlw.ch. Being a specialist in searching for suppliers wlw saves buyers and others looking for suppliers in the B2B segment additional Active Markets Europe time-consuming research. The range of wlw services is free of charge for buyers and as a No of Employees 200 basic profile for advertisers. Business overview Supplier search engine for B2B products KPI#1 1.6m monthly genuine buyers KPI #2 24m website visits a year KPI #3 530k suppliers categorized by 47k categories KeyFinancials Growing Revenue: Between €35m – €40m in 2015, EBITDA: Double digit profitability rate Key Investors Paragon Partners / Nordic Mezzanine Ownership Paragon Partners / Nordic Mezzanine Structure Website wlw.com 92
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