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Lucas von Cranach
CEO & Founder OneFootball
Lucas von Cranach is the founder of OneFootball, a German platform-based football media company that he established in 2008.12 He served as the CEO of OneFootball until March 2023, when he stepped down amid financial challenges faced by the company.2
Von Cranach's career highlights include:
- Founding OneFootball in 2008, which has grown to become the world's biggest football media platform.1
- Scaling OneFootball to reach over 100 million monthly active users globally.1
- Securing a €300 million Series D financing round in May 2022, led by Liberty City Ventures.2
Prior to founding OneFootball, von Cranach worked at various companies including:
- EM.TV (August 1999 - December 2000)
- Horstmann Group (March 2006 - March 2008)3
His educational background includes:
- Vordiplom in Economics from Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (1998 - 2001)
- Diplom in Economics from TU Berlin (2001 - 2005)3
In addition to his role at OneFootball, von Cranach has been involved in various entrepreneurial projects and serves as an advisor to multiple family offices as a member of the Young Presidents' Organisation (YPO).1
Highlights
For the last 15 years I’ve been building OneFootball, our team has been refining and developing brilliant products, creating a global network which brings football fans closer to the game they love. The OneFootball experience is special - it’s an omni channel - so we’re making football accessible and enjoyable for fans, by giving them the content they crave, wherever they are. So as I see our total social media following top 20M I can hardly believe my eyes. Today is an exciting milestone for us. This sits alongside some really meaningful metrics for our company - each month we serve well over 100M monthly active users on our own channels who last month generated well over 1 Billion sessions - that’s huge, even for the biggest and most popular sport on the planet.
But why is it important? Because of the fans… They come to OneFootball for breaking news, highlight clips and live streaming as well as statistics and live scores from hundreds of leagues and competitions worldwide as well as to feel part of a global fan community. And because of our brand partners… They come to us because of our unique position to speak to fans wherever they are and however they want to receive entirely personalised football content. It’s a very exciting milestone for everyone at OneFootball who has helped us achieve this milestone… thank you all for so much hard work! It didn’t happen overnight, but it’s part of the reason why I know we live up to our brand promise - NoOneGetsYouCloser.
🚨 Watch Ronaldo’s Saudi debut against Messi and PSG live tonight on OneFootball! 🚨
Thanks to our friends at Paris Saint-Germain we’re streaming THE major mid-season friendly, featuring Cristiano Ronaldo playing his first match since moving to Saudi Arabia, live tonight on OneFootball 👀
The match sees an XI selected from leading Saudi clubs Al-Hilal and Ronaldo’s AlNassr Football Club taking on the French champions, with Ronaldo captaining the Saudi XI and reigniting his rivalry with recent World Cup-winner, Lionel Messi of PSG. 🙌
Kicking off at 8pm local time/6pm CET tonight at Riyadh’s King Fahd Stadium available via the official Paris Saint-Germain account on OneFootball, the match will be available on pay-per-view, offering fans around the world the opportunity to buy the game for a one-off fee of €2.49.
Coverage will be available on smartphone and tablet via the OneFootball App (iOS/Android, incl. Apple AirPlay and Google Chromecast), on the OneFootball desktop site, and on the big screen via OneFootball TV. 📺
Follow the link in the comments for more info and to buy the match.
https://lnkd.in/eymVKhP4
#NoOneGetsYouCloser
