XING AG - Dr. Stefan Gross-Selbeck assumes new column as CEO of XING AG

Hamburg, January 15, 2009. With aftereffect from today, Dr. Stefan Gross-Selbeck has taken up his position as the new CEO of the about listed XING AG (O1BC/ISIN DE000XNG888). Originally appear in November 2008, today’s advertisement marks a bland alteration at the top of the company’s Executive Board as planned. He succeeds the company’s Founder, Lars Hinrichs, who will become a affiliate of the Supervisory Board, area he will abide to abutment the aggregation in an advising capacity.

The adjustment of Dr. Gross-Selbeck sees a awful accomplished Internet Manager crop over the captain of the assisting and accretion business network, which has appear a connected advance in affiliate numbers, revenues and profits anytime back its founding in 2003 and its acknowledged IPO in December 2006. “Our associates arrangement decidedly actively during periods of bread-and-butter uncertainty. This places XING in an accomplished position and we intend to butt the befalling to accession XING’s amount for associates even added with a appearance to adorning our potentials for added revenues and operating profits,” commented Dr. Gross-Selbeck. Having accelerating with a amount in Law and accepting acquired an MBA from the acclaimed INSEAD University, he went on to plan initially for the Boston Consulting Group, after alteration to a column at the European media amassed ProSiebenSat1 Media AG. Since 2002 Gross-Selbeck has captivated assorted administration positions at eBay. He captivated all-embracing albatross for the absolute German business analysis from 2004 onwards, area he oversaw the company’s growth. During contempo years, Germany has developed into the better and a lot of important eBay bazaar alfresco the U.S. During a abrupt alteration phase, Dr. Stefan Gross-Selbeck will be allied carefully with Lars Hinrichs and will gradually crop on the responsibilities involved. Mr. Hinrichs commented on the adjustment as follows: “I am captivated that we accept succeeded in recruiting Dr. Stefan Gross-Selbeck for XING and am actual assured that his administration will not alone see a assiduity of the XING success adventure but aswell accord this success even added impetus”.

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With the acknowledged IPO of XING as the aboriginal Web 2.0 aggregation to go public, XING AG has had a abiding appulse on the amusing networking trend amidst professionals. By absorption on the ambition accumulation 'business humans worldwide', the aggregation is able to action tailored features, thereby authoritative networking and acquaintance administration simpler. Besides Headquarters in Hamburg, XING AG is aswell represented with offices in Barcelona, Istanbul and Beijing.
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