The Irish Mail on Sunday

The yoga boss and the ice hockey fan behind Yourtel

- By Michael O’Farrell

LITTLE is known about the three owners of German group Prima Holding despite the fact that they control telecom, energy and recruitmen­t businesses spanning four countries.

Accounts filed in Germany reveal Marijan Vukusic was born in Berlin to Croat parents in 1976.

Mr Vukusic, a sports and culture fan, listed his address in recent Irish company documents at a historical 1827 house in central Berlin.

His love of sport appears to be reflected in Prima’s various team sponsorshi­ps. These include a basketball team, Alba Berlin, and ice hockey team Eisbären Berlin. According to the foundation documents of Prima Holding GmbH, Mr Vukusic owns 40%. Co-owner Marijana Fenster (née Vukusic) was born in 1974.

Last year, Ms Fenster issued a press release detailing her involvemen­t in a new yoga venue at a fashionabl­e Berlin café

located in a listed building dating to 1853. It is unclear if she owns all or part of the building which was extensivel­y renovated at a reported cost of €3.5m in 2011. Ms Fenster owns 20% of Prima Holding.

The third owner, Mario Kovac, was born in 1977 in Berlin to Croat parents. He listed his address in Irish company documents as a modern apartment close to the river Spree.

Mr Kovac owns 40% of Prima.

 ??  ?? sports fan: Marijan Vukusic
sports fan: Marijan Vukusic
 ??  ?? yoga: Marijana Fenster
yoga: Marijana Fenster

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