About Petro Tyschtschenko
Petro Taras Ostap Tyschtschenko (born 16 April 1943) is a German businessman best known for his role in developing the European market for the American computer company Commodore International. == Early life == Tyschtschenko was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1943. His father, originally from Ukraine, fled to Austria during World War I, where he later met his wife. The couple married in 1941 and had their son Petro two years later. After the Second World War, the family moved to Bavaria in Germany, where Tyschtschenko attended school. In 1966, he completed his military service in the German Bundeswehr. == Career == Tyschtschenko first came into contact with Commodore in 1982, when he saw a job advertisement in a newspaper. Salomon+Schimmelmann, a German headhunter company, was looking for a new business administrator for Commodore. Tyschtschenko immediately signed up for a job interview, but was not hired. However, he later received a telephone call from Harald Speyer, the director of Commodore's German market, saying he would want to hire Tyschtschenko as a business administrator and wanted him to start as soon as possible.
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