«Unternehmen bei der Umsetzung guter Ideen in tragfähige Geschäftskonzepte zu unterstützen, ist meine grösste Motivation als Investor.» Gunnar Piening
Gunnar Piening
Gunnar Pienig is CEO of Entertainment Shopping AG, the company behind the entertainment shopping portal www.swoopo.com.
Gunnar started his professional career in the late nineties as historic advisor for various multimedia projects on the Holocaust at Berlin based agency Pixelpark AG.
In 1999 he joined a young Internet start-up team in Cologne that was quickly merged with Ciao AG in Munich. As Managing Director of Ciao he helped to transform the company into a leading player in the areas of product and price comparison as well as online panel management for marketing research purposes. In 2005 Ciao AG was sold to a North American online panel provider and is now listed on NASDAQ. Ciao continues to be a premier e-commerce portal and panel provider for online surveys in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia.
In addition to his role at TeleBid, Gunnar is helping young start-up teams and entrepreneurs as business angel and advisor in daily operational management tasks. His focus lies on sales, operational processes and international expansion.
Gunnar was born and raised in Bremervörde, a small one-horse town in northern Germany in 1974. After studying History and International Politics at the universities of Göttingen (Germany), Berlin (Germany) and Uppsala (Sweden) he holds a B.A. in International Politics from Uppsala Universitet and an M.A. Phil. from Humboldt Universität Berlin.
Gunnar’s passion is mountaineering: Whenever it is going uphill, he has a smile on his face.
Gunnar Pienig is CEO of Entertainment Shopping AG, the company behind the entertainment shopping portal www.swoopo.com.
Gunnar started his professional career in the late nineties as historic advisor for various multimedia projects on the Holocaust at Berlin based agency Pixelpark AG.
In 1999 he joined a young Internet start-up team in Cologne that was quickly merged with Ciao AG in Munich. As Managing Director of Ciao he helped to transform the company into a leading player in the areas of product and price comparison as well as online panel management for marketing research purposes. In 2005 Ciao AG was sold to a North American online panel provider and is now listed on NASDAQ. Ciao continues to be a premier e-commerce portal and panel provider for online surveys in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia.
In addition to his role at TeleBid, Gunnar is helping young start-up teams and entrepreneurs as business angel and advisor in daily operational management tasks. His focus lies on sales, operational processes and international expansion.
Gunnar was born and raised in Bremervörde, a small one-horse town in northern Germany in 1974. After studying History and International Politics at the universities of Göttingen (Germany), Berlin (Germany) and Uppsala (Sweden) he holds a B.A. in International Politics from Uppsala Universitet and an M.A. Phil. from Humboldt Universität Berlin.
Gunnar’s passion is mountaineering: Whenever it is going uphill, he has a smile on his face.
