Ralf Dümmel (born 2 December 1966) is a German entrepreneur, managing director of the family business DS Produkte and investor in the VOX founder show '' Die Höhle der Löwen''.

Biography

Dümmel was born in

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. In 1988, he joined as a sales assistant. The company was founded in June 1973 and Dümmel was made partner in 1996. In 2000, he was appointed managing director. Under his management, the company became a global player. Subsidiaries were established in Poland, Hong Kong and elsewhere. In 2015, he was also a member of the supervisory board at

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. As a soccer referee, he made it as far as the C squad of the DFB, but ended this for professional reasons. Dümmel has been in a relationship with TV presenter Anna Heesch since 2013. In 2016, he became one of the investors in German TV channel VOX's

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show '' Die Höhle der Löwen'', during which he has invested in more than 85 start-ups and supported more than 150 founders.

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