Wirecard

insolvent German financial services provider
Organization business Q587325
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Wirecard

Summary

Wirecard is a business[1]. Wirecard ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (355 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wirecard is in the country of Germany[3].
  • Wirecard's image is recorded as Aschheim-Dornach, Einsteinring 31 v N, 3, ret Wirecard.jpeg[4].
  • Wirecard's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Wirecard's instance of is recorded as public company[6].
  • Wirecard's logo image is recorded as Wirecard logo 2019.svg[7].
  • Wirecard's logo image is recorded as Wirecard Logo.svg[8].
  • Wirecard's headquarters location is recorded as Aschheim[9].
  • Wirecard's chief executive officer is recorded as James H. Freis, Jr.[10].
  • Wirecard's chief executive officer is recorded as Markus Braun[11].
  • Wirecard's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 168137043[12].
  • Wirecard's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 41169817884920170405[13].
  • Wirecard's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 120171184318647770453[14].
  • Wirecard's GND ID is recorded as 16099479-2[15].
  • Wirecard's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2023110231[16].
  • Wirecard's child organization or unit is recorded as So1 GmbH[17].
  • Wirecard's child organization or unit is recorded as Wirecard Bank AG[18].
  • Wirecard's child organization or unit is recorded as Wirecard Card Solutions Ltd[19].
  • Wirecard's part of is recorded as DAX[20].
  • Wirecard's part of is recorded as TecDAX[21].
  • Wirecard's part of is recorded as CDAX[22].
  • Wirecard's Commons category is recorded as Wirecard[23].
  • Wirecard's stock exchange is recorded as Frankfurt Stock Exchange[24].
  • Wirecard's industry is recorded as financial services[25].
  • Wirecard's chairperson is recorded as Thomas Eichelmann[26].
  • +1999-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Wirecard[27].

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Founding

+1999-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Wirecard[27]. Wirecard's location of formation is recorded as Munich[28].

Identity

Part of include DAX[20], a stock market index[29], in Germany[30], founded in 1988[31], headquartered in Frankfurt[32]; TecDAX[21], a stock market index[33], in Germany[34], founded in 2003[35]; and CDAX[22], a stock market index[36], in Germany[37], founded in 1993[38].

Leadership

Chief executives include James H. Freis, Jr.[10], a lawyer[39], b. 1970[40], of United States[41] and Markus Braun[11], a manager[42], b. 1969[43], of Austria[44]. Wirecard's chairperson is recorded as Thomas Eichelmann[26]. Board members include James H. Freis, Jr.[45], a lawyer[46], b. 1970[47], of United States[48]; Jan Marsalek[49], a manager[50], b. 1980[51], of Austria[52]; Alexander von Knoop[53]; and Susanne Steidl[54], a manager[55], b. 1971[56], of Austria[57].

Operations

Wirecard's headquarters location is recorded as Aschheim[9]. Subsidiaries include So1 GmbH[17], Wirecard Bank AG[18], and Wirecard Card Solutions Ltd[19].

Industry

Wirecard's industry is recorded as financial services[25].

Ownership

Wirecard's stock exchange is recorded as Frankfurt Stock Exchange[24]. Wirecard's product or material produced is recorded as e-commerce payment system[58].

Dissolution

Wirecard was dissolved in +2020-09-03T00:00:00Z[59].

Why It Matters

Wirecard ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (355 views/month).[2] Wirecard has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60]

References

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  32. [54] . wirecard.com. wirecard.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [60] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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