| Biography: | Axel Toelke is Senior Product Manager of Germany’s biggest social network VZ-Netzwerke (schuelerVZ, studiVZ, meinVZ) since September 2008. He studied Sociology and Business Administration with focus on Sociology of Online Communities at the Keele University and Marketing with focus on Internet Marketing and Online Retailing at the Manchester School of Management. Toelke starts his career in September 2000 by working as a Project Manager and later on Product Manager for Lycos Europe. Being Product Manager Instant Messaging at Spray Network A/B, Stockholm, Sweden and Product Manager Communities at Jubii A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark, Toelke gets in touch with social media. Expending all his knowledge and experience, Toelke finally helps Lycos Europe to conceive, develop, launch and promote their dating-platform love@lycos, before he gets to VZ-Netzwerke. |
Company portrait:
| VZnet Netzwerke Ltd. was created in October 2005 as studiVZ Ltd. and has belonged to the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group since January 2007. As market leader in Germany we have more than 16.9 million* registered members on our three platforms studiVZ.net, schuelerVZ.net, and meinVZ.net. Our growth continues, with thousands of new users joining every day. Our goal is to build on the success of our platforms, and to remain the largest and most successful network in the German speaking area. The CEO of VZnet Netzwerke Ltd. is Dr. Clemens Riedl. The company’s headquarters are in Berlin, and it currently has around 300 employees. |