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Live from the drivers’ seats
1989-2014: “25 years propelling your business to new heights” is a bold statement that only exceptional company founders and top managers can make. In this interview, Oliver Winzenried, CEO of WIBU-SYSTEMS AG,
and Marcellus Buchheit, CEO of WIBU-SYSTEMS USA, Inc., reveal some exclusive details about their personal
journey and the ingredients of their special recipe which made them achieve a long-term vision and gain world
recognition as one of the top three leading vendors in software protection, licensing, and security.
When did the two of you meet,
and what caused you to form
Wibu-Systems?
[Marcellus] Oliver and I first met at the Karlsruhe
University while we were working on a mixed
software/hardware project for the university’s
amateur radio station. Over the next couple of
years, while still attending classes during the day,
we developed several custom-specific projects
at night. They were all successful and this made
us confident that we could create a product
that we could sell to the mass market. We 6