SIMRACINGJäTTEN FANATECS VD HAR FåTT SPARKEN

Tyska Fanatec var först ut på marknaden med remdrivna rattbaser (för en himla massa år sen) och de var de som i mångt och mycket skapade en ny direct drive-standard för över fyra år sen med deras DD1 och DD2. Under de senaste åren har Fanatec kontrollerat närmare 30% av simracingvärlden sett till hårdvara men deras senaste bekymmer med produktionsproblem och leveranssvårigheter har under de gångna 12 månaderna sett till att deras aktie sjunkit 10% varpå företaget blivit av med dryga fyra miljarder kronor, totalt sett. Något som ägarbolaget Endors styrelse såklart inte riktigt gillar, varpå de nu röstat för att sparka grundaren och VD:n Thomas Jackermeier från sin position. Samtidigt äger Jackermeier 50% av företagets aktier vilket gör att han såklart är med och bestämmer, även fortsättningsvis - men inte i rollen som CEO.

Simracing-fansen verkar inte direkt sörja detta beslut:

"Idk what people expected? This was bound to happen. Investors and lenders will always do this when things go downhill. You have Investors pretty much through the entirety of business. The lenders/investors were like nope no more money unless this happens. Thomas was the face nothing more imo he was a business man who had an idea but the brain are the devs and others. So no worries this needed to happen. I can tell many here have no clue how businesses work even massive brands. You always have Investors and lenders. You never do it on your own and when those guys threaten to not give you money you are then forced into change. This is how it works!"

"Fanatec's idea of growth is playing the "Patient One's" for fools and putting them on the backlog list, while shipping product to new customers. How can there be a backlog if you are shipping product to new subscribers/customers?"

"Yup. When the company has 40 million public stocks and goes from ~$12 per stock to $2 - $3 dollars in a year.... surprised this guy hasn't been strapped to a gourney and castrated with a rusty spoon. ~$380 million lost in equity."

"In any other organisation - Thomas Jackermeier would have been shown the door months ago but it looks like April's financial statements are not going to be pleasant reading for anyone with a vested interest in this company."

"Initially thought nothing on it. But the detail that this was prompted by a condition from "lending banks for the extension of the standstill agreement" is quite concerning. Sounds like Fanatec struggling to pay bills."

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