The buyout enables ppi Media to focus its digital solutions on the challenges of the media industry. “We will invest even more specifically in products and markets that will strengthen and expand ppi Media’s position in the publishing industry in the long term,” says Managing Director Dr. Berndt.

“The decision to take the helm at ppi Media was an easy one. We are optimally positioned in a media environment characterized by innovation and change,” says Manuel Scheyda.

In addition to the two managing directors, who together hold most of the shares, the strategic investor and IT entrepreneur Alexander Eck will become a shareholder of ppi Media GmbH and will advise the management on strategic issues. “The team’s high level of competence, the excellent customer base and the cultural change a MBO can bring about opens up excellent opportunities for the future,” says Eck, explaining his commitment.

About Dr. Hauke Berndt

Dr. Hauke Berndt has worked for ppi Media since 2002. After working as a customer consultant and account manager for many customers in Germany and abroad, he moved to the new customer sales department in 2008, which he headed since 2012. In 2016, Hauke Berndt joined the management board and has been responsible for customer projects, sales and business innovation since then. He was in charge of the product development of ppi Media software for magazine production and corporate publishing and lastingly established the company in these markets.

About Manuel Scheyda

Manuel Scheyda has been with ppi Media for over 20 years. After starting his career at p.ink software engineering GmbH, he moved to ppi Media in 1997, where he was responsible, among other things, for setting up the support department. He later became head of product and innovation management. Since 2016, he has headed the Business Innovation division, which forms the basis for ppi Media’s dynamic businesses in the future.

About Alexander Eck

Alexander Eck advises technology-oriented companies on strategic issues and M&A transactions and is involved in various companies as a strategic partner. Already during his studies he founded his first company, eCONNEX AG, a market leader for CRM solutions, which was taken over in 2011 by a subsidiary of the US-American IT strategy consultant Accenture.

(https://ppimedia.de/en)