What personal maxim or bit of wisdom do you live by?
Find a job you love, and you'll never work a day in your life.
iPhone or BlackBerry?
Windows Phone 7
What do you wish you had more time for?
Spending time with family & friends, and my favourite outdoor sports skiing and sailing. Best of all, to combine both!
For you, a day can be called a success when...?
(In no particular order) my wife is happy, my boss is happy, my team is happy and my customers are happy.
Are you ever offline?
I was for a few weeks on honeymoon... but mostly, no.
What historical figure would you have liked to get to know, and why?
Scott or Shakleton - the Polar explorers who went through extraordinary hardships and were great leaders. I also own an exact replica of Shakleton's whiskey, so would like to share it with him.
Your biggest triumph?
Completing the "World's Toughest Yacht Race", the Global Challenge 2004-5, sailing around the world for 10 months against the prevailing winds.
What do others say about you?
Generous, hard-working, trustworthy. Terrible dress sense.
Name three things you never leave the house without:
Phone, wallet, keys.
What was the last book you read?
Jerusalem: A Biography
Die Sprecher der CeBIT Global Conferences 2012 im Überblick.