Our board
"Children are our future, the core of our future society, which is why we must pay close attention to what we show them on television."
Dr. Stefan Piëch
CEO
Year of birth: 1970
Place of birth: Vienna
Nationality: Austrian
Board Member of Your Family Entertainment AG, Munich, Germany
since October 18, 2006
- SOS Children’s Villages Worldwide, Hermann Gmeiner Fund Germany e.V., Munich, Germany
- SEAT, S.A., Martorell, Spain
- Member of the Board of Trustees of the Volkswagen Employee Foundation, Wolfsburg, Germany
- Siemens Austria AG, Vienna, Austria
- TTTech Computertechnik AG, Vienna, Austria
Professional background
Since 2015 | Member of the Board of Trustees of the Volkswagen Employee Foundation, Wolfsburg, Germany
Since 2006 | Member of the Executive Board of Your Family Entertainment AG, Munich, Germany
2000 – 2005 | Founding Member and CEO of the media company OPENPICTURES AG, Munich, Germany
1998 – 1999 | Product Manager and New Business Development at GCI Management, a start-up trading platform (Preis 24 AG), Munich, Germany
1997 | Internship in New Business Development in the automotive trade at ITOCHU Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
1994 – 1996 | Internship in spare parts sales for Hyundai, Mitsubishi, Chrysler, and Porsche at SONAUTO S.A.R.L., Paris, France
1988 – 1989 | Private First Class, Medic in the Austrian Armed Forces, Austria
Education / Academic Career
1999 | PhD from the Institute for Media and Communication Studies at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria
1997 | Young Managers Program at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France
1994 | Honourable Bachelor of Arts, University of Stirling, Scotland
1993 | Semester abroad at the University of San Diego, California
1990-1994 | Studies in Film and Media Studies, Business Administration, and Japanese Studies (until 1992) at the University of Stirling, Scotland
1988 | International Baccalaureate Diploma, Vienna International School, Vienna, Austria