Carl Freer
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| Carl Freer | |
| Born | May 9, 1970 |
|---|---|
| Residence | Los Angeles |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Other names | Eric Jonsson[1][2] |
| Partner | Mikael Ljungman |
Carl Freer (born 9 May 1970) is a Swedish businessman and technology entrepreneur. Freer was Chairman of the Board of Gizmondo and is now engaged in an effort to relaunch the business and other technology driven efforts.
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Business Activities
Freer founded Gizmondo in 2002, and was Chairman of the board of directors at Gizmondo Europe until he resigned his position in October of 2005[3].
The company went bankrupt in February 2006, and Freer is currently engaged in relaunching the Gizmondo product, citing a potential launch in 3rd quarter of 2008 [4]
In 2008, Freer founded a startup called Media Power Inc. In May 2008, a partnership was announced where Media Power would donate $5M over five years to Georgia Tech to further Augmented Reality research. [5]
Legal Problems
In his teens Freer forged his parents' signature for a loan and was convicted of fraud though Freer says he had his parents' permission to sign on their behalf for a student loan.[2][6] In 2005 he was fined by a German court for buying luxury cars with bounced cheques under the assumed name of Erik (Eric) Jonsson, though Freer says he cancelled the cheques himself because he was "thought he was being sold stolen cars."[2][6]
References
- ^ Olle Blomkvist. "Så blev Carl Freer efterlyst", Realtid.se, 2005-10-31. (Swedish)
- ^ a b c Anthony James, Michael Gillard. "The firm that blew it all in two years", The Sunday Times, 2006-05-21.
- ^ Smith, Tony. "Gizmondo executives quit under cloud", The Register, 2005-10-27.
- ^ Sandberg, Hans. "Carl Freer startar om Gizmondo", Realtid.se, 2007-11-13. (author's translation)
- ^ "Georgia Tech lands $5M to develop Augmented Reality", Atlanta Business Chronicle, American City Business Journals, 2008-05-28. Retrieved on 2008-06-03. (en)
- ^ a b Jeffrey Fleishman. "Life in Fast Lane Long Before the Ferrari Crash", Los Angeles Times, 2006-05-15.
