Hannes Jagerhofer

In 1985, Jagerhofer became self-employed and in 1987 organized for the first time sporting events in the area of Carinthia. In the 90s, Jagerhofer made a name for himself as a clubbing organizer. He developed an innovative approach to organizing events in Vienna that had a strong influence on Vienna’s nightlife, as reported by a BBC documentary. He organized Austria's first clubbing events in unique locations such as an aircraft hangar at Vienna International Airport, Club Splendid in Vienna, the Meierei in the Vienna City Park and at the Viennese Technisches Museum, where Prince would give a live performance.[11][12][13] From 1989 onwards Jagerhofer organized large events for clients - events on behalf of companies such as Lauda Air, Visa and T-Mobile also large and customer events.

In 1990 he founded ACTS Promotional Events GmbH (renamed ACTS Group in 2011). In the years that followed, ACTS was responsible for the conception and implementation of Apple Computers' brand presentation at the CeBIT in Hanover, for the overall conception of the corporate presentation of the brands Sony, Sony Music and Columbia Tristar at the IFA in Berlin, the organization of the Stiegl-Braukunstfeste, the Ö3-Expedition-Großglockner, the opening of the T-Center building in Vienna, the event 15 years Philharmonic coin and much more. Between 2003 and 2005, Jagerhofer operated the ACTS International Inc. branch in Florida and a helicopter shuttle service called HelicopterShuttle.com.

Over the past 20 years, Jagerhofer has organized numerous events in his home region of Carinthia, including, from 1999 to 2004, the Cart City Circuits in Velden, and most recently, from 1996 to 2016 the beach volleyball tournament in Klagenfurt.[14][15]

From 1995 to 2005 Jagerhofer gave seminars at the Ueberreuter Managerakademie on the topic Event management". His book Event Marketing - 10 Steps to Success, published in 1995, was also written during this time. Between 1999 and 2003 Jagerhofer lectured at the College of Marketing & Sales.[16]

In 2005 Jagerhofer founded Jabo Software Vertrieb- und Entwicklung GmbH (Sales and Development of Software), which developed the online travel and flight search engine checkfelix.com which he successfully sold to the US travel portal KAYAK in 2011.[17]

In 2009, Jagerhofer launched an online and offline-based recruiting tool for students called Young Powerful Dynamic (YPD-Challenge). Jagerhofer's concept: to give young people a fair chance in professional life – no matter which background they had.[18] Together with the Danube University Krems (Applied Game Studies) and the Sigmund Freud PrivatUniversität, a multi-level, innovative selection procedure for young professionals was developed.[19] The tool tested lateral thinking, problem solving, and general knowledge, identifying motivated candidates. Selected candidates were awarded internships at over 30 major companies including Apple, Red Bull, Lazard, and Siemens. In 2014 and 2015, a television show on the YPD Challenge aired on ServusTV.[20] The Austrian broadcaster relied on an interactive TV online real-time concept, which contested innovative ways on the Austrian TV market with its second-screen application.[21]

In 2012, Hannes Jagerhofer came up with the idea of using the unused space in empty car trunk space as a sensible means of transport during his numerous business trips.[22]

2013, in the age of the sharing economy, he founded the start-up checkrobin.com, the first ride for all kinds of things. A private platform was made available to individual drivers and senders across Austria to send items quickly. Objects can be moved rapidly and unpackaged from A to B, saving unnecessary CO2 emissions as well as reducing travel costs.[23] [24]

In 2017, Jagerhofer opened the platform for the whole of Europe under the name myrobin.com; in 2016, a comparison platform for parcel services was added. Checkrobin today cooperates with various parcel and shipping service providers such as DPD, UPS, or Hermes to show its customers the cheapest, fastest, and easiest way to transport parcels to their destination. Since 2018, checkrobin has also been offering the Checkrobin Business extension to provide a shipping platform for commercial mailers. Checkrobin Business is aimed purely at business customers and is currently operating on the German market.[25]

Inspired by the success of the Klagenfurt event, Jagerhofer founded the Beach Majors GmbH, a joint venture between him and Red Bull, organizing the Beach Volleyball Major Series.[28] The Beach Volleyball Major Series was the FIVB World Tour's most highly endowed international sports series (highest prize and highest ranking points).[29] In 2017, a branch of Beach Majors GmbH, the Beach Major USA LLC was opened in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. From 2015 to 2020, the tour stops have been held around the world in Austria, Croatia, Switzerland, Canada, Germany, Norway and the United States.[30]

In 2017, Jagerhofer and the Beach Majors GmbH got the rights to organize the 2017 Beach Volleyball World Championships. This took place on the Danube Island in Vienna on 10 days in front of a total of 180,000 fans - and thus became one of the largest beach volleyball events in the history of the sport. The great success of this event compared the media with the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[31][32][33]

From June 28th to July 7th, 2019 Jagerhofer hosted the 12th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship 2019 in Hamburg, where over 130.000 fans flocked to the famous tennis stadion "Am Rothenbaum".[34][35]