Founder Dr. Christian Wawrzinek and Dr. Kai Wawrzinek honored for innovation and personal commitment impressive growth rates, high level of innovation and social commitment: the consulting firm Ernst & young the best medium-sized entrepreneurs of in Germany chooses for the 15th time. After a multi-stage, strict selection of 300 nominated companies, Dr. Christian Wawrzinek (COO) and Dr. Kai Wawrzinek (CEO), the founder and Managing Director of the Hamburg-based game developer Goodgame made Studios, the jump in the final. The award ceremony will take place on 23 September in the Alte Oper in Frankfurt.
“Already the nomination for the final round is a great honor for us,” commented Dr. Christian Wawrzinek. “We understand this recognition but mainly as a confirmation of the successful work of the last two years, that our great team has done since the inception of Goodgame Studios.” The company has already released nine online games, more products are being planned: de. Goodgame Studios enters the category start-up in the race. All the companies that qualified for the final round had to meet demanding criteria and now provide a high-level jury, which decides on the awarding of the prestigious prize. The finalists of the entrepreneur competition “Entrepreneur of the year” (www.entrepreneur-des-jahres.de) is characterized by novel products or services from and efficient organizational structures with short decision-making paths, which they quickly and flexible to respond to changing market conditions. The average qualified companies a turnover of 86 million euro in the year and employ 500 workers. “Goodgame Studios join now 120 employees; in 2010 alone, the number of 20 to 100 employees grew.
In the next few months we want to grow to 250 employees”, is Dr. Kai Wawrzinek the future roadmap for Goodgame Studios. About the contest “Entrepreneur of the year”, Ernst & young worldwide organized the entrepreneur competition “Entrepreneur of the year” in over 50 countries. In Germany will award 2011 time on the 15th. A neutral jury selects the winners in five categories. Entrepreneurial excellence be identified and honored with the award. The competition is supported by well-known companies and media, including the DZ BANK, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and Manager magazine. company description Goodgame Studios is a Hamburg-based game developer of social online games. The company was founded in June 2009 by the brothers of Dr. Christian Wawrzinek (COO) and Dr. Kai Wawrzinek (CEO). In the portfolio of Goodgame studios are currently nine self-developed and family-friendly Flash games that are played by over 70 million people per month in 22 languages worldwide. More employees are searched as reinforcement.