In 1984, he initiated the exchange program for young reserve officers from the US and Germany. Political activities (including political publishing and arts) Īged 25, Hoffmann in 1980 initiated a CDU/CSU resolution and Federal Law of the Bundestag for an Annual Report on Arms Control and Disarmament, which since then has been published by the German Government.įor ten years Hoffmann was Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Committee for Foreign, Defense, European and Inner-German Affairs in his home state of Lower Saxony in Germany.

Since 1995 Hoffmann is founder and investor in several internet-companies in Europe, Silicon Valley and China. In 2005 he became co-founder of German Capital Group (GCG) which invested from 2005 to 2007 Euro 3.3 bn in companies like Volkswagen, BASF, ThyssenKrupp, Lanxess and Siemens. He then became CEO of the radio business of the Georg von Holtzbrink Publishing Group, and later Managing Director for New Media in the Burda Publishing Group in Munich, building up 15 companies for new media in Europe from 1993 to 1995. Before that he had worked as a journalist in the White House Press Corps, as an editor for ZDF (1988-1990), the largest TV station in Europe. From 1996 to 2000 he was founder and CEO of InternetMediaHouse AG and a large investor and member of the Executive Board at Loewe TV company. His entrepreneurial track record includes New Media Digital GmbH (1996), MBI/MBO, Loewe Opta GmbH (1996) and Internet Media House AG (1998-2001). Since 1995 Hoffmann has worked as an entrepreneur and investor in different funds. He is a reserve officer in the German Army (Bundeswehr). Karl Dietrich Bracher, University of Bonn, Germany) and is a lawyer as well. in Political Science with summa cum laude (Prof. Hoffmann was Research Fellow at the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), Georgetown University. Senate ( Sam Nunn, Gary Hart) in defense and foreign affairs.

Hans-Gert Poettering, later President of the European Parliament), the German Bundestag (State Secretary of Defense Peter Kurt Würzbach, MP) and the U.S. He studied Law, History, and Political Science at the University of Bonn and worked as an advisor in the European Parliament (Office of Prof. 3 Political activities (including political publishing and arts)Īctivities as university student and young scientist.

1 Activities as university student and young scientist.

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