Award · 2026
International Author Excellence Award 2026
Named winner of the International Author Excellence Award.
The story
Six chapters. No accident.
Keep scrolling, the film is rolling
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01Restaurants, one kitchen
Chapter 1 · Bielefeld, 1999
One kitchen. Six restaurants.
He makes his first million euros at 19, in Bielefeld. His principle: one single kitchen serves six restaurants, long before delivery kitchens became a business model.
Source: The National, 18 July 2019 · GQ South Africa, 27 May 2023
First million euros: at 19.
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1999Bielefeld → Dubai
Chapter 2 · Dubai, 2012
All in.
EMS training helps him lose 30 kilos in six months, and he sees the opening: the German technology does not exist in the Middle East yet. He moves his entire team to Dubai and lands deals with Burj Al Arab, Jumeirah Group and Fitness First.
Source: GQ South Africa, 27 May 2023 · Zawya, 19 December 2018
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00Months without a licence
Chapter 3 · The night
Eight months without a licence.
The licence does not come. Money and savings are gone, the partners return to Germany. He sleeps in his car with the air conditioning on, and does not give up. Then Fit in Time becomes the exclusive EMS partner of Fitness First, Fairmont The Palm, Talise Spa and Burj Al Arab, with more than 30 locations across the Gulf.
“Dubai is the city of opportunities, where else could I have become a self-made millionaire if not here!?”
Source: The National, 18 July 2019 · Zawya, 19 December 2018
No money left for rent: he sleeps in his car.
04/ 06
2022FitBurn → MiningFarmDubai
Chapter 4 · Computing power
Computing power becomes currency.
With FitBurn he connects fitness and blockchain: you train, you earn. Then he builds MiningFarmDubai, a mining infrastructure with AI-driven uptime control and its own app that shows clients every machine in real time.
Source: Crypto News, 15 September 2022 · CIO Views 2026
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0×Amazon #1 rankings
Chapter 5 · The desk, 2026
Wealth is no accident.
On 9 June 2026 his book is published by Remote Verlag. One month later it is on the SPIEGEL bestseller list, plus three #1 rankings on Amazon. founders magazine puts him on the cover of issue 90.
“Revenue is not wealth yet. Profit is not freedom yet.”
Source: Remote Verlag · EIN Presswire, 9 July 2026 · founders magazine, issue 90 (quote translated)
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0Hours a week on duty
Chapter 6 · Today
One contact. A hundred hands.
With HUNDREDHANDS he builds AI employees: a small computer in the office that answers emails, writes proposals and builds dashboards, videos and websites. Managed by voice message over WhatsApp, day and night.
Source: hundredhands.io
