Sources: 26.7.20;  10:00 Isaan News, and some confidential sources

Markus Braun - his Criminal Vision - the Architect- How Wirecard could Scam the World and get Away for so many Years - Who are the brains behind it ? - The British FT has for many Years Dossiers of Markus Brown and Jan Marsalek - both in the Investment Banking Industry with many "famous" Banks for decades. They learned the Trade and used a loophole in the German Law - act as an IT (FinTech) company and not a regular Bank, both in the Investment Banking Industry with many "famous" Banks for decades. They learned the Trade and used a loophole in the German Law - act as an IT (FinTech) company and not a regular Bank

Markus Braun's unfulfilled hopes

Markus Braun always thought big. In public appearances and in interviews, the former Wirecard boss has always drawn an overall picture of immense growth, superior technology and high customer interest since the DAX admission in September 2018. The world once again subjected essential key statements from this period to a reality check. The result is quotations that, from today's perspective, seem almost grotesque.

The ex-Wirecard boss told a huge stock market story in public appearances in a visionary tone. From today's perspective, much of it seems almost grotesque. Rise and fall of Markus Braun - about a man who allegedly avoided the limelight The Viennese has become a billionaire with «his» company Wirecard - and has now crashed brutally. It is still unclear whether he cheated himself. A look at the career of a failed manager who had contacts up to the top of Austrian politics.

Today we know, Marcus Braun, a close associate of Jan Marsalek (The Master Mind) knew from Day 1, the entire Wirecard set up was a carefully , from long hand planned SCAM!

 In 2018 Markus Braun was at the height of his career. The “Handelsblatt” and the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung” celebrated the Austrian-born Austrian as the climber of the year. The major shareholder, CEO and chief technology officer of Wirecard had just led his company into the German stock index (DAX), the elite league of listed companies between the North Sea and the Alps. It was a coincidence, however, that Wirecard immediately replaced Commerzbank by changing the guard. According to the Swiss company for media analysis Media Tenor, Braun had the best image of all DAX bosses this year - ahead of SAP legend Bill McDermott. On Monday, the "Mr. resigned four days ago due to a balance sheet and fraud scandal" Wirecard »arrested - and released on bail on Tuesday. Group funds of over € 1.9 billion cannot be found. This manager's crash is unparalleled, although it is still unclear what the total disappearance is and to what extent Braun himself is involved in it, follow Isaan News for daily updates.

Liberal regulatory crosshairs

Anyone who saw the reserved Braun at the rare podium events could be surprised by his focused statements and clearly structured speeches. Performances in front of an audience should not have been his thing. At a bank conference in Frankfurt last year, he delighted with a liberal regulatory crosshair that is often missed by many German managers. In a portrait of the Austrian “Kurier”, the former leader of the liberal Neos party, Matthias Strolz, outlined him as a visionary and pragmatist who was extremely future-oriented. A spokesman for Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz stated that Kurz met regularly for an exchange with Braun and greatly appreciated his input, above all on innovation and digitalization. Both Neos and the ÖVP von Kurz also supported the 1969 born Braun as a private person financially. After studying business informatics at the Technical University of Vienna (1989–1995), the son of a couple of teachers received a doctorate in social and economic sciences, according to Munzinger's biography. (1996-2000). At the same time, he worked for the Vienna-based business consultancy Contrast Management Consulting from 1995 and changed in November 1998 to KPMG Consulting in Munich. During this activity he also came into contact with the Internet payment processor Wirecard, which until 2005 was still called InfoGenie AG. The company had got into trouble due to the bursting of the Internet bubble. Braun joined the company in the fall of 2000 as a crisis manager and was appointed chief executive and chief technology officer in January 2002 due to his successful work. He held both posts until last week.

 An eternal struggle against the semi-silk reputation Not much is known about Markus Braun's private life because he always tried to protect it. He even kept his date of birth in 1969 secret. Wikipedia is now available on November 5th. With his wife Sylvia, who, according to Munzinger, heads the business development at Wirecard, he has a relatively young daughter. The opera lover learned to play the violin as a child and continues to live in Vienna.  

 The company always struggled with a somewhat dubious reputation

 because it had grown up as a payment processor for companies in the gaming and porn industry (His partner's Jan Marsalek criminal Imperium) . Providers from these industries were the first to use the Internet payment processing service. Many well-known customers such as Apple, Google, Alibaba, Aldi, Ikea or the Austrian Federal Railways came later. Wirecard, however, was never able to completely strip the reputation of the grubby child. In the past decades, there have been rumors of dirty practices, allegations of bogus business and balance sheet cosmetics. Braun has always denied this violently, and nothing has been proven until last week. The rumors often led to a slump in the stock exchange price, which Braun himself mostly used for acquisitions. Most recently, he held a good 7% of the company based in the Munich suburb of Aschheim.

Big goals that have now vanished
When Wirecard was worth around € 24 billion on the stock exchange in 2018, at that time more than Deutsche Bank and six times more than Lufthansa, Braun had made himself a billionaire. However, the alleged “IT nerd” with thinning hair, rimless glasses and an unpretentious demeanor was repeatedly accused of lacking transparency with regard to Wirecard. Some also attested to his autistic features. Some observers criticized that the DAX group was run like a small medium-sized company. When it came to Wirecard, Braun was occasionally tempted to knock on the drum. In 2018, he announced that the operating profit could increase eightfold to € 3.3 billion by 2025 and the business volume could easily increase threefold. He then hoped for a market capitalization of € 100 billion. On Tuesday, Wirecard was worth around € 3 billion in just a few days after a price drop of 85%. Both Braun's career and Wirecard's rise are in ruins.

Markus Braun always thought big. In public appearances and in interviews, the former Wirecard boss has always drawn an overall picture of immense growth, superior technology and high customer interest since the DAX admission in September 2018. The Handelsblatt once again subjected essential key statements from this period to a reality check. The result is quotations that, from today's perspective, seem almost grotesque ...more

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