Rainer Gläß from Vogtland in Saxony  studied information technology and made it to the stock market with checkout software - today, he is advancing a new AI start-up in Silicon Valley. While others at the age of 66 are retiring, he is investing millions - in the future of business software and in renovating the facilities on the Fichtelberg mountain. An East German success story with local roots, a vision and an unwavering will to shape the future.

Even before reunification, Rainer Gläß decided to work as a freelance software developer. In 1990, he and his neighbor founded the GK Datensysteme company, which he sold a few years ago to found Newwork Software, a company in Palo Alto.

Rainer Gläß has been named Entrepreneur of the Year several times. He fondly remembers receiving the award in Frankfurt am Main: “That was something special because usually, they don't honor East German entrepreneurs there.” Just as being mentioned in the same sentence as Claus Hipp, Dirk Roßmann, Thomas Riedel and Robert Stöcklinger in the manager magazine.

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