ABOUT THE FOUNDERS

The Founders

GentleTent was born from the idea to make camping easier. Gernot Rammer initiated the construction of the first prototypes in 2012. In 2014 the GentleTent GmbH was founded.

Gernot Rammer

FOUNDER, CEO

Gernot Rammer (born in 1969) is a qualified heavy current fitter and office clerk and subsequently completed the master's degree in "Arts and Media Management" at the University of Linz and "Public Policy" at the Humboldt-Viadrina School of Governance in Berlin, where he also worked as a lecturer for employee management after his studies. He has 20 years of experience as managing director in various companies and non-profit organizations, including 10 years as national managing director of a large family organization. Gernot Rammer is CEO of GentleTent GmbH.

"I am most touched by the unique design. We have seen in many tests what a strong fascination the tent exerts on people - especially in comparison to conventional systems."

- Gernot Rammer, CEO GentleTent -

Jürgen Haller

CO-FOUNDER

Jürgen Haller (born 1973) graduated in architecture at the University of Art and Industrial Design in Linz. He is co-founder of the architectural office "Anytime Architekten" in Linz and has realized numerous building projects as well as projects in the field of exhibition architecture. He won first prize in the international competition "Radical Innovation in Hospitality" in Miami with the project "Pixelhotel". Jürgen Haller is responsible for technology and product development, production and service and assumes the role of CTO at Gentletent.

"With the innovative Airtent system we achieve a unique functionality, reduced to the essentials, but high quality and comfortable like a home."

- Jürgen Haller, Co-Founder GentleTent -