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Founder Max Waldmann (left) and investor Mario Götze within the rooms of the well being start-up Eterno in Frankfurt
Image: Lucas Bäuml

Soccer star Mario Götze has invested in 55 firms, from well being to finance. Dozens of investments are to be added. No different athlete on this nation does enterprise like this.

AAs a footballer, Mario Götze is a star. His successful objective for the German staff within the World Cup closing towards Argentina enraptured the nation in 2014. Eintracht Frankfurt followers cheered him on within the Bundesliga, and consultants praised his overview and ball safety. Much much less is thought about what the skilled soccer participant Götze has achieved lately as a monetary investor. But probably much more superb.

Sebastian Balzter

Editor within the financial system of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung.

Götze has invested in a whopping 55 start-ups as an investor, sometimes with a five-figure or low six-figure sum, as he reported in an interview with the FAS. “There should be more, in the end probably 80 companies.” This must be distinctive in German skilled sport.

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