Andy Fuchs takes over as CEO in summer

Verfasst am 12.05.2022

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Experienced Netrisk partner and founder of klik.cz takes over management of Austria's largest online price comparison portal.

Vienna, 12 May 2022 – Andy Fuchs (50) will become the new CEO of Austria's independent and market-leading online price comparison portal durchblicker.at. Netrisk Group, owner of durchblicker, today announced that Fuchs will take over the company management from the two founders Reinhold Baudisch and Michael Doberer in summer 2022.

Fuchs founded the comparison portal Klikpojisteni.cz (klik.cz) in the Czech Republic in 2011, almost at the same time as durchblicker was launched in Austria. In 2020, the proven insurance expert Fuchs with family roots in Switzerland and Canada successfully integrated Klik into the Netrisk Group. Fuchs started his professional career in the Czech Republic after completing his business studies in Canada in the mid-1990s at Raiffeisenbank Prague. In his last position Fuchs managed the Netrisk companies in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In the future, he will focus on his role as the new CEO of durchblicker.

"Rapidly rising prices are an enormous burden for European households. With comparison portals like klik and durchblicker we help people save at least part of their fixed costs in these difficult times. durchblicker has been providing an outstanding service to countless Austrian households for many years. I am looking forward to starting the next chapter of this Austrian success story and working with durchblicker’s fantastic team," says the future durchblicker CEO, Andy Fuchs.


Andy Fuchs (C) Credits: Johannes Zinner

Baudisch and Doberer, who founded durchblicker in 2010 and sold it to Netrisk Group earlier this year, will continue to support their successor and the company in the coming months in an advisory role and ensure an optimal transition.

"In the past twelve years, durchblicker has developed from a start-up into a successful growth company. We are very proud of the fact that it has become an important platform for Austrian consumers during this time. In the future, our service will become even more important for even more people in Austria. For this, we are confident that we are handing over durchblicker into the hands of one of the most experienced managers of comparison portals in Central Europe", say Baudisch and Doberer.

Robert Sokolowski, CEO of Netrisk Group thanks Baudisch and Doberer "for their commitment, trust and successful cooperation over the past months. durchblicker is a jewel among the price comparison platforms in the region and has a uniquely broad comparison offering. The fact that durchblicker has joined the Netrisk Group was an important development step for us. We are therefore pleased to have found the best possible successor for the management of the company in Andy Fuchs," says Sokolowski.

About durchblicker

durchblicker is Austria’s independent and market-leading online price comparison website. As of today, durchblicker offers 28 price comparisons for insurance, telecommunications, power and gas as well as traditional financial products such as loans, current accounts and savings interest rates. The user-friendly comparison tool allows consumers to get a quick overview of the market and reliably provides the best personalized special offers with pinpoint accuracy. Since products can easily and swiftly be purchased online, users can save several thousand euros on fixed costs per year.

In addition, durchblicker provides free expert consultations and also takes care of all formalities necessary for switching to a more inexpensive service provider. As of today, the Vienna-based Austrian market leader among price comparison websites has roughly over 80 employees. durchblicker partners include Global 2000, klimaaktiv, topprodukte.at and the Austrian Federal Soccer League. For more information, please visit durchblicker.

About Netrisk Group

The Netrisk Group operates leading Internet portals for online comparisons and for taking out insurance as well as other fix cost offers in Central and Eastern Europe. On their websites, consumers can transparently compare the prices and services for insurance, telecommunications, electricity and gas, as well as traditional financial products such as loans, current accounts and savings interest. In addition to durchblicker in Austria, the Group also operates the platforms Netrisk and Biztositas.hu in Hungary, klik.cz and Porovnej24 in the Czech Republic, klik.sk and Netfinancie in Slovakia, and Edrauda in Lithuania.

Rückfragehinweis:
Mag. Reinhold Baudisch, MBA
Geschäftsführer durchblicker.at
Tel.: 43 1 3060900-221
Mobil: 43 699 17180604
Email: r.baudisch@durchblicker.at

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