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Start-up: The Hidden Champion of the start-up world from Hamburg

500 employees, one billion dollars in sales – and nobody knows the company. This is what global games app marketer Applike, which belongs to Bertelsmann, wants to change now.

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Start-up: The Hidden Champion of the start-up world from Hamburg

Jonas Thiemann co-founded Applike with Carlo Szelinsky at the age of 23. Eleven years later, the company has achieved $1 billion in revenue, primarily from the US market. Applike markets nearly 2000 games, including Toon Blast, Royal Match, and Empires & Puzzles, and has facilitated over 1 billion app downloads, making it a market leader. The company generates revenue when users click and install games, and its clients, such as Payback, Sainsbury’s, McDonald’s, and Line, use the games to promote customer loyalty.

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