Paul Gauselmann

Paul Gauselmann has been called the "pope of the amusement business" in Germany. He began his career in 1957 working as an apprentice telecommunications inspector and mounted jukeboxes in his spare time.In 1964 he founded the company that turned into Gauselmann Group. He opened the first Merkur amusement arcade in 1974. Today, Gauselmann Group has annual revenue of around $2.3 billion and employs more than 10,000 people. The company produces both AWP (amusement with prize) and SWP (skill with prize) machines and operates arcades throughout Europe.