Paul Gauselmann (born 26 August 1934) is a German businessman, the founder and CEO of

Gauselmann Gauselmann is a German gaming and gambling company founded by Paul Gauselmann. In autumn 2012, it acquired the British company Praesepe The Beehive Cluster (also known as Praesepe (Latin for "manger" or "crib"), M44, NGC 2632, or Cr 189), i ...

, a German company that produces

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s, and runs gambling arcades.

Early life

Paul Gauselmann was born on 26 August 1934 in Borghorst,

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

, Germany.

Honors

In 1993 Paul Gauselmann received the

Federal Cross of Merit The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (german: Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, or , BVO) is the only federal decoration of Germany. It is awarded for special achievements in political, economic, cultural, intellect ...

(''Bundesverdienstkreuz'') (Knight's Cross), in 2003 he has been appointed to be awarded to the Officer's Cross. He is

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Espelkamp Espelkamp ( nds, Espelkämpe) is a town in the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Espelkamp is situated approximately 10 kilometers north of Lübbecke and 20 kilometers north-west of Minden. Neighbouring pla ...

and

Lübbecke Lübbecke (; wep, Lübke) is a town in northeast North Rhine-Westphalia in north Germany. This former county town lies on the northern slopes of the Wiehen Hills (''Wiehengebirge'') and has around 26,000 inhabitants. The town is part of district ...

Career

Gauselmann has had over 200 of his inventions patented. His company makes around 50,000 gaming machines a year. For many years he has been chairman of the slot machine business association VDAI.

Sponsorship

At his 65th birthday, Gauselmann initiated the Gauselmann Foundation, which supports social projects in his hometown Espelkamp. He supports many organizations, including: * TuS-N-Lübbecke (

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/ National German Handball League) * German

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Foundation (''Deutsche Schlaganfall Stiftung'') * TV Espelkamp (

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Club - National German League) * Kaiser-Wilhelm statue

Personal life

Gauselmann is married to Karin Gauselmann. Karin is a member of the

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of Gauselmann AG. They have four sons: * Peter Gauselmann * Michael Gauselmann (Co-CEO Gauselmann AG) * Armin Gauselmann (member of the board Gauselmann AG) * Karsten Gauselmann He has four older brothers: : Heinz, Josef, Eugen and Willi.

References

External links

Gauselmann Gruppe
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