Multi-talented and multi-faceted Carinthian original with a strong opinion of himself and others' opinions of him; he owns a world-wide "bourse of ideas" and an "ambling factory of ideas", he is a self-appointed "director of carnival", founder and chairman of The Best Party, editor of Alles Fasching – Europe's largest carnival magazine, publisher, record holder, mail artist, postcard artist, activist, inventor and licensee of ackern®, management consultant and guest commentator, and he knows every trick in the political book.