NZZ Media Group increases stake in SEF Group

The two founders and CEO's of the Swiss Economic Forum, Peter Stähli and Stefan Linder, are selling a further block of shares to the media company and in return are taking a stake in Interforum Holding. The organizer of the Swiss Economic Forum and the media company want to further strengthen and expand their positions in the market in the future with the targeted use of their synergies and new joint activities. This is what the SEF writes in a communiqué on Thursday. The sale is part of a sustainable future and targeted further development of the existing platforms.

IFH Interforum Holding is the competence center for the event business within the NZZ Media Group. Stefan Linder and Peter Stähli join the company's Board of Directors. In the future, the companies under the IFH Group will develop new business areas using existing synergies and will selectively expand their activities and holdings in other companies as part of a growth strategy, the statement continues. There will be no personnel changes at the Swiss Economic Forum, neither in the management nor in the board of directors.

The two founders and CEOs of Switzerland's leading business event will continue to run the company unchanged as co-CEO's. Albert P. Stäheli, CEO of the NZZ Media Group, states: "The SEF will be continued independently by Stefan Linder and Peter Stähli. There will be no influence on the program, content or partnerships on the part of the NZZ Media Group."

The next Swiss Economic Forum will be held in Interlaken on June 6-7, 2013.