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Michael Marcovici (born 27 September 1969) is an Austrian software developer, patent holder, sculptor, painter, conceptual artist and designer of furniture. His works make statements regarding politics, science and technology, social topics and style. His artistic output includes media works of ironic content, lithe furniture designs, and abstract hi-tech sculptures. His formative years were spent as a financial analyst and outdoor sportsman. Marcovici turned to art in 1995 as the publisher of two art magazines: ''werk-zeug'' and ''streetfashion''. Most of his art dates from 2005 to 2009. == Biography == Marcovici was born in 1969 in Vienna, he became interested in technology, especially electronics and mathematics, at the age of seven. By 12, he had worked as a programmer, and quit school at 17. He then started his first business in the financial field, publishing analysis on the financial markets 〔(Austria Boersebrief )〕 a stock newsletter published by the artist and managing funds, until he sold his business at the age of 23. Marcovici spent the next three years climbing and hiking in Africa, USA, Asia, and all over Europe. From 1995 on he was the publisher of ''werk-zeug'', a technology and art magazine, as well as ''streetfashion'', a magazine featuring fashionable people on the streets of the world. He was also active as a software developer and inventor. Marcovici holds international patents for climbing equipment, bicycle gears, trading systems and electronic payment systems Page text.〔(WIPO patent ), patent for payment system.〕 In 2001, he started a business on eBay that eventually became the world's largest power-selling enterprise on eBay, a company with 80 employees and a turnover of 20 million euros a year. In early 2005, the company went bankrupt.〔(heise online ), about the qentis bankruptcy.〕 He wrote a book, ''The End of EBay'' in 2008,〔(Amazon ), book on qentis.〕 about the company and its demise. Michael Marcovici is also the co-founder and joint director of the Domain Developers Fund, a Cayman Island domiciled investment vehicle investing in domain names. He lives and works in Vienna. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Marcovici」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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