Michael Gleich (born in 1955), CEO of RINGFOTO GmbH & Co., ALFO Marketing, Fürth, joined the company in 1993. In his current position, he is head of the divisions company strategy, sales/marketing and personnel. Moreover, he is managing director of the subsidiaries RINGFOTO Ges.m.b.H. Vienna and RINGFOTO Nederland B.V. in Heemskerk and of euro ACTIV EWIV, Fürth.
From 1975 to 1980 he studied law at the university Frankfurt/Main before starting his business career as branch manager at Main Radio Frankfurt. In 1984, he passed his exam in retail sales at the IHK . From 1985 to 1988 he was sales manager (HiFi/Audio) and division manger (marketing/sales) at Saturn Hansa. From 1988 to 1993 he managed MediMax/Schossau of EP: ElectronicPartner in Düsseldorf.
Michael Gleich holds a diploma in business administration (having studied at Verwaltungsakademie Nürnberg) and is chairman of the Board of trustees of the Foto+Medienforum, Kiel.
The focus of his career was always on the relationship between consumer and the selling company. He is strictly convinced that meeting the emotional and social needs of the consumer always leads into economical profits.
RINGFOTO: Marketing and Buying Group for photo retailer. Founded in 1964. As per September 2007, the company counts 1741 members with 2388 outlets in Germany, Austria, The Netherlands and Czech Republic. With the marketing lines Ringfoto, Plusfoto, allkauf and Photo Porst, RINGFOTO is the leading alliance of photo retailer in Europe with a turnover of more than 1 Billion Euro (including VAT) and 6500 employees. The head quarter is situated in Fürth/Germany, employing 130 people and running a warehouse with more than 6000 photo related products. Delivery time is within 24 hours of internet-based ordering.
HiS vision:
Buying means emotions, social contacts and experience through touch & try.Buying online makes you lonely, emotionless and unexperienced