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Chris Tomic

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Chris Tomic (born 1978) is a German computer scientist, inventor, entrepreneur and a reality TV personality. He has featured in several television shows, mostly on the German news channel N-TV Television.[1][2][3][4]

Life

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After his studies in Germany at the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf,[5] he started developing technologies for the internet and mobile industry[6][7] in Düsseldorf with the company Novadoc GmbH until 2001.

Tomic created the UCP protocol and set the standard for the worldwide first delivery of binary messages to mobile handsets such as operator-logos and monophonic ringtones in 1998.[8][9] As executive director of the company Novadoc GmbH he focused his research and development on secure mobile payments and micropayments over SMS (Mobile Payments). In 2001 he became the CTO of the company MonsterMob LTD in the UK.[citation needed]

Development of the company Monstermob LTD

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In 2003 MonsterMob LTD was floated on the London Stock Exchange with an opening market capitalisation of £32m. Spanish internet firm LaNetro Zed bought up a majority 53% stake in the business.[10]

The agreement will mean LaNetro Zed and MonsterMob LTD will together become the world's largest company in the Mobile Value-Added Services (MVAS) market in terms of revenue. The enlarged company is now operating in 31 countries around the world employing 1,200 staff.[11]

Filmography

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Chris Tomic at "Ferien mit den Superreichen" (RTL Television) 2015
Film and television
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Deluxe - Alles, was Spaß macht: Selfmade-Millionär Himself Documentary on N-TV Television
2011 Daniela Katzenberger – natürlich blond [de] Himself Reality television on VOX
2012 Chris Tomic - Celebrity Birthday Night Himself Music Video on FashionTV
FashionTV meets FHM Sweden Himself Documentary on FashionTV
2013 Männerträume: Die Top 10 Himself Documentary mini-series on N-TV Television
Deluxe - Alles, was Spaß macht: Art Basel Miami Beach Himself Documentary on N-TV Television
Deluxe - Alles, was Spaß macht: Auto Tuning Miami Style Himself Documentary on N-TV Television
2014 Deluxe - Alles, was Spaß macht: Campus für Nachwuchs-Millionäre Himself Documentary on N-TV Television
Deluxe - Alles, was Spaß macht: Ein Millionär und seine Hightech-Luxusvilla Himself Documentary on N-TV Television
2015 Ferien mit den Superreichen Himself Reality television on RTL Television

References

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  1. ^ University Campus für Fresh-Millionaires, N-TV Deluxe Deluxe – Alles was Spaß macht, 11.9 September 2015
  2. ^ Holidays with the Superrich, RTL Television, 21 Juni 2015
  3. ^ Innovator invests into Croatia, Vecernji List, 20 September 2012
  4. ^ 37 years and Millionaire Archived 17 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Blastingnews.com, 9 June 2015
  5. ^ Diploma in Mathematics, Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf, 2 März 2002
  6. ^ Selfmade-Millionaire, n-tv.de, 23 November 2015
  7. ^ The Quan interviews: Chris Tomic, thequan.nl, September 2013
  8. ^ German-Croatian entrepreneur Chris Tomic, Croatia Week, 20 September 2012
  9. ^ Documentary: How the first Mobile Ringtone was created , Boerse Social, 14 June 2015
  10. ^ Bidders for Monstermob emerge Archived 20 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine, mobiletoday.co.uk, February 2007
  11. ^ LaNetro Zed Acquires Majority Stake in MonsterMob, businesswire.com, February 2007
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