Benjamin Bilski
| Benjamin Jakub Bilski | |
|---|---|
 Bilski in 2016 | |
| Born |
Benjamin Bilski August 11, 1988 Bad Soden am Taunus, Germany |
| Residence | Hamburg.[1] |
| Citizenship | Germany |
| Alma mater |
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| Occupation | Swimmer, entrepreneur |
| Organization |
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| Awards | Bronze medal on World Games (2009) |
Benjamin Jakub Bilski (born 11 August 1988) is a former professional German swimmer of Polish origin, the 2009 World Games bronze medalist.[2] Also a FinTech businessman, a founder and a board member of The NAGA Group AG.
Biography
Early years
Benjamin "Ben" Bilski grew up in Frankfurt. His family is from Wrocław region.
He now resides in Hamburg.[3]
Education
- He graduated from the Wiesbaden Carl-von-Ossietzky-Gymnasium in 2008.
- In 2010, after finishing his swimming career, he started studying BA in accadis Hochschule Bad Homburg.
- In 2013 he started his MA program in the EBS University of Business and Law.[4] Next year he graduated with a Master's degree in Management.
- He was on the list in 2018 Forbes 30 under 30 (Categorie Technology)[5]
Sporting career
Benjamin officially entered competitive swimming in November, 2002, at the age of 14. He began swimming in SG Wetterau.[6] In 2004 he was accepted to the German national team. Throughout his career, Bilski has won several regional and Southern German championships.
He reached a pinnacle in his sporting career in 2009 with a bronze medal of the IOC-backed World Games in Kaohsiung with the German record. Next year Bilski finished his professional career. “I was never a high flyer, but I had a steady development” – Benjamin Bilski commented at the end of his swimming career.[7]
Achievements
- German Junior Champion in 200 m freestyle (2006)
- 5th at the European Junior Swimming Championship, Mallorca (2006)
- German Runner-up in 200 m butterfly (2008)
- 7th in 200 m freestyle, World Cup in Berlin (2008)
- German champion in 4x200 m freestyle relay, Berlin (2008)
- German Runner-up in 200 m butterfly (2009)
- 3rd in 200 m backstroke at the German Short Course Championship (2009)
- Winner in German team standings for SC Wiesbaden (2008)[8]
- 3rd in 200 m obstacle swimming course at the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung, with the German record (1:57,00 min).[9][10]
Record
| German record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 200 m obstacle swimming[11] | 01:57,00 min | 23 July 2009 | Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
Business
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Benjamin Bilski is a CEO of NAGA Group AG,[12] founder of the fashion startup Swipy.de, the Swipybay (eBay search engine),[13] the Angelplatz.de (fishing online store), P2P-Forex Trading, SwipeStox application (now NAGA TRADER - "Facebook for traders" [14]). The goal with Naga Coin is to integrate all of Naga Group’s products into a cryptocurrency solution.[15]
Since July 2017,The Naga Group has been listed in the Scale segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, which primarily provides growth capital for small and medium-sized enterprises.[16] Now NAGA has six offices in five countries.[17] They are also creating the NAGA Wallet, a cryptocurrency wallet that enables users to deposit NAGA Tokens (NGC) to use on the SwipeStox and Switex platforms, as well as any future platforms [18]
References
- ↑ "Gründer und Vorstand, The NAGA Group AG, 30 Under 30 in der Kategorie Technologie". Forbes. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ↑ "8th World Games 2009 -Results" (PDF). Official website of International Life Saving Federation. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
- ↑ "Gründer und Vorstand, The NAGA Group AG, 30 Under 30 in der Kategorie Technologie". Forbes. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ↑ "Benjamin Bilski deutscher Hochschulmeister ueber 100-Meter Schmetterling". Accadis. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ↑ "Gründer und Vorstand, The NAGA Group AG, 30 Under 30 in der Kategorie Technologie". Forbes. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ↑ "Deutsche Jugendmeisterschaften 2004". Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ↑ "From swimming to a 250-million-dollar business". Fastlane4. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ↑ "Bilski Benjamin". Swimrankings. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ↑ "Benjamin Bilski startet fuer accadis bei den Hochschulmeisterschaften". Accadis. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ↑ "Taiwanese 'life saver' claims bronze". Taipei Times. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
- ↑ "Deutsche Lebens-Rettungs-Gesellschaft e.V." Einzel. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ↑ "Company Overview of The Naga Group AG". Bloomberg. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ↑ "Benjamin Bilski". Crunchbase. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ↑ "Publicly Listed Companies Are Getting in on the ICO Funding Action". Bitcoin news. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ↑ "Blockchain Is Unlocking The Value Of Virtual Assets". Benzinga. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ↑ "Naga Group AG". Boerse-Frankfurt. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ↑ "Naga flourishes at the epicenter of blockchains digital disruption". Nasdaq. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ↑ "Bringing IPO Success to the ICO World". Cointelegraph. Retrieved June 24, 2018.