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and 1&1 were asked to make donations at regular intervals. With more than EUR 50 million, the foundation is one of UNICEF's biggest individual donors and was awarded the newly created "Gustav Rau Prize" in 2014 and "Partner of the Year" by UNICEF Germany in 2016. Dommermuth was the first to receive the award.
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From August 2014 to June 2015, he was a member of the
Supervisory Board of United Internet's investment Rocket Internet. In summer 2017, United Internet contributed its subsidiary 1&1 Telecommunication SE to Drillisch AG and received new Drillisch shares in return. In total, United Internet owns
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1&1 will be
Borussia Dortmund's shirt sponsor at Bundesliga matches from the 2020/21 season. For all international competitions, the DFB Cup and test matches abroad, the previous shirt sponsor Evonik Industries would remain on the jerseys. Evonik Industries then sold just under 5 percent of its
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1&1 AG successfully participates in the 5G frequency auction of the German
Federal Network Agency in 2019. Dommermuth thus laid the foundation for the construction of a fourth mobile network in Germany. In August 2021, the company announces its intention to build Europe's most innovative mobile
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Dommermuth Foundation provided financial support for charitable projects and has been operating the platform "Wir zusammen" (We Together) since the beginning of 2016. There, projects of German business for the social integration of refugees and for integration into the working
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In 1988, Dommermuth founded the 1&1 EDV Marketing GmbH together with a business partner. The first business idea was called "Software Börse", a marketing tool for software companies. For this product the company won the German direct marketing prize in 1989. The
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In 2007, Dommermuth facilitated the first participation of a German boat in the
America's Cup with the newly founded United Internet Team Germany. On 29 April 2005, the team was accepted as a challenger for the 32nd America's Cup just hours before the closing date. In addition to the advertising
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Westerwelle Foundation together with former Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle. The foundation is based in Berlin and aims to promote international understanding and strengthen democracy and the market economy, the rule of law and tolerance in so-called emerging
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world are presented. The platform was initiated by 36 companies, and over 200 well-known companies are now involved. With an advertising campaign, "We
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over 75% of the renamed 1&1 Drillisch AG in
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shares in Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA and reduced its stake to 9.8 percent. Dommermuth acquired a 5.0 percent stake in Borussia Dortmund through his Ralph Dommermuth Beteiligungen GmbH in early March 2020.
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