In addition to numerous engagements in radio and television, Achim Hager built up HFO Telecom from 1997, one of Germany’s leading telecommunications providers, which he sold to the British Gamma Group in 2020 and for which he was active as CEO for the DACH region until the end of 2023. During his time at HFO, he accompanied 12 corporate transactions from equity deals to share deals to his own sale. He is also passionate about start-ups, which he supports and advises at the digital start-up center Einstein1 at Hof University of Applied Sciences and also provides them with financial support. He has been active at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce for Upper Franconia for decades and is currently Deputy Chairman of the Economic Committee and Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the important fiber optic industry association Breko. Achim studied business administration at the University of Bayreuth after completing his apprenticeship as a banker at Privatbankhaus Schmidt.