Matthias Schmelz has made his fortune in direct sales, although his career began in civil construction. Working for his father’s company, Bauunternehmung Augustin Schmelz, it did not take long for this adventurous and inquisitive traveller, who speaks three languages fluently, to see that he was destined for great things. Born in 1961 in a small German village 100km east of Frankfurt, Matthias Schmelz childhood was spent reading books, birdwatching and hiking. At the age of 13, already eager to make a difference, he founded the “Vogel Club”, an ornithological society with the aim of protecting animals and educating rural young people. To this day he is still a strong advocate of animal rights and nature conservation. After completing his military service, Matthias Schmelz started studying Civil Engineering. Three years later, at the tender age of 23, he qualified as a “Diplom Ingenieur”. After two years as a site manager for his father’s company he moved to Stuttgart, where h
Matthias Schmelz is a German businessman who immigrated to Portugal in 1993 and became a millionaire as the exclusive importer and distributor of the Rainbow home cleaning system.