Ernesto Schmitt

Ernesto Gottfried Schmitt (born August 1971 in the United States)[1] is a German business person based in the United Kingdom.[2][3] He grew up in Belgium and Mexico.[4][1] Schmitt's father was from Germany, and his mother form Uruguay.[4]

Schmitt holds a Master of the Arts from Cambridge (BA/MA) and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from INSEAD.[3] From 2003–2006 he founded and ran the Silverscreen chain of video shops.[3][5] In April 2011 Schmitt founded the Zeebox second screen service, later renamed Beamly, along with Anthony Rose who had previously headed up the BBC iPlayer project between 2007–2011.[6][7]

Schmitt previously worked for EMI Music twice, first from 2001–2002 as vice president of strategy and business development.[5] And then again heading EMI Music's catalogue division starting in December 2008 and reporting to Elio Leoni Sceti.[3][5][6]

Schmitt founded Peoplesound, an online music store and streaming service.[4]

He had also worked for Boston Consulting Group for four years prior to Peoplesound, for DSG International plc as its group development director, and for Tesco between 2006–2008 as its group ordering director.[3][5][4]

In mid-December 2015 Jeremy Clarkson stated to Jeremy Paxman of the Financial Times in reference to W. Chump & Sons that "serious business folk who want to be in on what looks set to be a roaring success will have to carry business cards bearing their name and rank in the hierarchy of, for example, W Chump and Sons (mugs and T-shirts)".[8] One week later on 23 December 2015, W. Chump & Sons (Mugs and T-shirts) (company number 09928481) was incorporated made up of Schmitt, plus Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May and Andy Wilman.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Levy, Katherine (28 June 2012). "Zeebox on a mission to revolutionise TV viewing". Campaign. Retrieved 30 December 2015. Background: Half-German, half-Uruguayan, born in the US, grew up in Belgium and Mexico.
  2. 1 2 "W. Chump & Sons (Mugs & T-Shirts) Limited". 23 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015. Company number 09928481
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Ernesto Schmitt, CEO & co-founder, Zeebox" (Changing Media Summit: Speakers 2012). The Guardian. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Tagliabue, John (5 May 2000). "Sprechen Sie Technology?; Europeans Try to Relax Borders for Skilled Workers". New York Times (Paris). Retrieved 30 December 2015. Schmitt, 28, set up Peoplesound.com, a London company that sells music over the Internet … grew up in Belgium, the son of a Uruguayan mother and German father, … gave up the comfort of a secure job at the Boston Consulting Group
  5. 1 2 3 4 "EMI Music Appoints Ernesto Schmitt as President, Catalogue" (Press release). 6 November 2008. appointed Ernesto Schmitt as president of its catalogue business, reporting to Elio Leoni-Sceti, EMI Music's chief executive. He will join EMI next month. … DSG International, … group development director. From 2006 to 2008, he worked at Tesco as group ordering director, … Prior to that he was joint chief executive and founder of silverscreen, … From 2001 to 2002 Schmitt was EMI Group's senior vice president of strategy and business development. Prior to that he founded peoplesound.com, … began his career at Boston Consulting Group … for four years.
  6. 1 2 Kiss, Jemima (3 February 2013). "Zeebox founder and former iPlayer boss Anthony Rose on the future of TV". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "BBC iPlayer’s Rose returns with social TV app Zeebox" (Blog). Financial Times. 31 October 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2015. Mr Rose co-founded Zeebox in April with Ernesto Schmitt, a serial entrepreneur who has also worked at EMI, DSG and Tesco. The company raised £5m in venture funding from undisclosed investors.
  8. ↑ Paxman, Jeremy (18 December 2015). "Lunch with the FT: Jeremy Clarkson". Financial Times. Retrieved 23 December 2015. serious business folk who want to be in on what looks set to be a roaring success will have to carry business cards bearing their name and rank in the hierarchy of, for example, "W Chump and Sons (mugs and T-shirts)".


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