Published on January 3, 2025 at 10:13 p.m. / Modified on January 3, 2025 at 10:43 p.m.
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In the midst of economic decline compared to the United States and China, Europe still has small technological nuggets. All week, Time offers you the portrait of five companies which are trying to race in the face of merciless competition.
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Hurry to the University of Friborg website which presents some of its most eminent graduates. Unsurprisingly, you will come across the former federal councilor Joseph Deiss or the trade unionist Christian Levrat converted into boss of La Poste. You will also discover a host of personalities including Klaus Hommels.
If this 57-year-old German – today also with Swiss nationality – is unknown to the general public, it is quite different in the small world of tech. The man who obtained a doctorate in finance from the Friborg alma mater represents one of the early investors in Spotify, one of the rare successes on the European technology scene intended for mass consumption.
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