It was in June, 1957, that a young Paul Gauselmann began operating his first machines. Since then, he has built an empire in games and gaming, manufacturing, distribution and operating, created a business with a turnover which last year broke the 1 billion euros mark in turnover and received awards from both the German federal government and local authorities for his work in the community.
His group employs 5,500 people worldwide and for the wider German industry, Gauselmann led the business through some of its rockiest times to the pinnacle of success in forging a new gambling regulation which came into effect last year and which has all the hallmarks of making Germany the leading European nation in the AWP business.