msg history

With over 10,000 employees, msg is active in 32 countries around the world.

The Management Board team now consists of Dr. Jürgen Zehetmaier (Chairman), Dr. Andrea van Aubel, Rolf Kranz, Karsten Redenius and Dr. Frank Schlottmann.

Dr. Jürgen Zehetmaier takes over as Chairman of the Management Board.

Dr. Andrea van Aubel becomes a new member of the Management Board.

The Executive Board team now consists of Dr. Jürgen Zehetmaier (Chairman), Dr. Andrea van Aubel, Dr. Stephan Frohnhoff , Rolf Kranz, Karsten Redenius and Dr. Frank Schlottmann.

Group turnover will be 1.3 billion euros in 2023

Dr. Aristid Neuburger and Dr. Frank Schlottmann become new members of the Management Board. The Management Board team now consists of Dr. Stephan Frohnhoff (Chairman), Rolf Kranz, Dr. Aristid Neuburger, Karsten Redenius, Dr. Frank Schlottmann and Dr. Jürgen Zehetmaier.

The information security competencies of the msg group are bundled in a business unit to form a comprehensive range of services. In addition, msg is opening two new divisions, Consumer Products and Healthcare, in order to focus even more strongly on the specific requirements of the respective markets and customers.

Hans Zehetmaier retires from operational business after 40 years of company management and takes over as Chairman of the Supervisory Board. Dr. Stephan Frohnhoff takes over from him as Chairman of the Management Board.

In addition, Rolf Kranz and Dr. Jürgen Zehetmaier join the msg Management Board. The Management Board now consists of Dr. Stephan Frohnhoff (Chairman), Rolf Kranz, Bernhard Lang, Karsten Redenius and Dr. Jürgen Zehetmaier.

msg is once again awarded the title of “Germany's Best Employer 2020” by the research and consulting institute Great Place To Work Deutschland (GPTW GmbH) after 2014 and 2017. Foundation of the new brand msg advisors to bundle all activities in management & transformation consulting

The Austrian subsidiary msg systems GmbH and Plaut Consulting Austria GmbH merge to form msg Plaut Austria GmbH, which will serve the AT/CEE/CIS region in the future.

msg founds Legacy Portfolio Partners GmbH. LPP now develops sustainable and innovative solutions for primary insurers in dealing with legacy insurance portfolios.

A new msg office is established in Frankfurt am Main, which bundles the locations in the Rhine-Main region.

Karsten Redenius becomes a new member of the Management Board.

msg takes 6th place in the Lünendonk ranking of the “Top 25 IT consulting and system integration companies in Germany”.

Neuaufstellung im Versicherungsbereich: Bündelung aller Leistungen rund um die End-​to-End-Plattform msg.Insurance Suite in den Ausprägungen Health und P&C in der neu gegründeten msg nexinsure ag

Gründung der msg communications GmbH, die auf ITK-​Kommunikation und Kollaboration UCC Unified Communications & Collaborations) spezialisiert ist

msg eröffnet weitere Standorte in Düsseldorf und Görlitz.

msg builds on the success of recent years: After 2003, 2005, 2011 and 2014, the company is once again awarded the “Bavaria's Best 50” prize as one of the fastest-growing medium-sized companies in Bavaria.

msg wird Fördermitglied der von der Bayerischen Staatsregierung initiierten Digitalen Gründerzentren in Passau, Deggendorf und Landshut.

Erweiterung der msg-​Gruppe um die impavidi GmbH, ein auf das Finanz- und Risikomanagement spezialisiertes Beratungshaus.

msg becomes a supporting member of the digital start-up centers initiated by the Bavarian state government in Passau, Deggendorf and Landshut.

Expansion of the msg Group to include impavidi GmbH, a consulting firm specializing in finance and risk management.

Company Participation in msg DAVID Software GmbH

Expansion of industry expertise in reporting through the acquisition of BSM Banking Systeme und Managementberatung GmbH (BSM for short)

Foundation of national company in China (today: msg global solutions (China) Co., Ltd)

msg opens up the food industry as a further market segment.

Dr. Stephan Frohnhoff becomes a new member of the Management Board.
Foundation of PiAL Consult GmbH
Investments in the Austrian company Plaut AG (today: msg Plaut GmbH)

CEO Hans Zehetmaier is appointed to the Senate of Economy, an independent and non-partisan organization that advocates an eco-human market economy.

The number of employees exceeds 3,000

msg services ag is founded with a focus on full IT outsourcing, hosting and services providing

msg acquires a stake in inex 24 AG and, together with the company, implements the web-based collaboration platform for the industrial insurance sector

msg moves up to first place in the Lünendonk ranking “Leading medium-sized German IT consulting and system integration companies”.

Foundation of m3 management consulting GmbH

msg opens up new market segments and expands its range of services to the Telecommunications, Public Sector, Life Science & Healthcare, Travel & Logistics and Utilities industries.

msg becomes the majority shareholder of COR&FJA AG (today: msg life ag).

msg strengthens its commitment to universities and establishes a foundation for Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences. In addition, a cooperation agreement is concluded with the renowned Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj, Romania.

Bundling of the portfolio of services for the financial services sector in the subsidiary msgGillardon AG

msg becomes majority shareholder of COR AG (today: msg life ag).

Founding of msg global solutions ag - the company, headquartered in Switzerland, specializes in consulting services for insurance companies on an international level.

Foundation of the offshore center msg systems Romania S.R.L in Romania

CEO Hans Zehetmaier reaches the final round in the renowned competition for Germany's best entrepreneurs and is named “Entrepreneur of the Year - Finalist 2008”.

Bundling of the consulting and product offering for health insurers in the subsidiary innovas GmbH

msg acquires a stake in finnova AG Bankware (today: FINNOVA AG), a Swiss IT company specializing in the banking sector.

msg is given its own lecture series at the University of Passau.

25-​jähriges Firmenjubiläum der msg systems ag

msg übernimmt das Hauptsponsoring des Fußballvereins FC Ismaning (Bayernliga).

msg übernimmt die Patenschaft für das Kinderheim St. Klara in Freising.

Einweihung der neuen Firmenzentrale in Ismaning: 11.000 Quadratmeter
bieten Platz für mehr als 850 Mitarbeitende
Die Zahl der Mitarbeitenden überschreitet 1.500.25-​jähriges Firmenjubiläum der msg systems ag

msg übernimmt das Hauptsponsoring des Fußballvereins FC Ismaning (Bayernliga).

msg initiates the International Insurance Conference Munich (inscom), which brings together leading figures from the insurance industry every two years.

08/31/2001: Change of legal form from GmbH to stock corporation (not listed on the stock exchange) and change of company name from msg systeme gmbh to msg systems ag

Foundation of the national subsidiary USA
(today: msg global solutions Inc., USA)

The number of employees exceeds 1,000.

Strategic partnership with SAP AG

msg systeme is listed for the first time in the Lünendonk ranking “Top 25 IT consulting and system integration companies in Germany”.

Foundation of PREVO-System AG

Acquisition of a stake in GILLARDON AG financial software (today: msgGillardon AG) and expansion of the financial services division Establishment of the national subsidiary in Austria,

msg systeme GmbH
Turnover exceeds DM 100 million.

Certification according to DIN ISO 9001

Foundation of the Swiss subsidiary, msg systeme ag

Acquisition of GEDO Gesellschaft für Datenverarbeitung und Organization mbH, the current office of msg systems ag in Hürth/Cologne

Change of the company name from msg software GmbH to msg systeme gmbH

The company's turnover exceeds DM 10 million.

BMW AG and Vereinte Krankenversicherung AG (today: Allianz Private Krankenversicherungs-AG) are acquired as the first customers.

Founding of msg software GmbH on January 31, 1980 by Hans Zehetmaier, Herbert Enzbrenner and Pius Pflügler