Roland Mack
{{short description|German entrepreneur (born 1949)}}
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Roland Mack (born 12 October 1949) is a German entrepreneur. Mack grew up as a son of the entrepreneur Franz Mack, in Waldkirch. In 1975, he became the founder of Europa-Park in Germany.{{cite news |last1=Ralph |first1=Owen |title=Europa-Park's Roland Mack reflects on 70 years in the amusement business |url=https://blooloop.com/theme-park/in-depth/roland-mack-70th-birthday-europa-park/ |access-date=12 April 2023 |publisher=Blooloop |date=12 October 2019}}
Personal life
Mack was born in Freiburg. He married Marianne Mack in 1974, and has two sons and a daughter. He is father of Michael Mack.
He was appointed King of Fun by the IAAPA in November 2011.
In April 2023 Roland Mack received the coveted 'TEA Thea Award' from the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA). The Europa-Park boss was honoured with the 'Buzz Prize Award' for his life's work, as an outstanding entrepreneur and for his great commitment to the industry.{{Cite web |last=Zeitung |first=Badische |date=2023-04-17 |title=Europa-Park-Chef Roland Mack erhält den Branchen-Oscar für sein Lebenswerk |url=https://www.badische-zeitung.de/europa-park-chef-roland-mack-erhaelt-den-oscar-fuer-sein-lebenswerk--255260278.html |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=Badische Zeitung |language=de}}
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- {{Cite web|url=http://presse.europapark.de/lang-de/c814/m359/d7050/default.html|title=IAAPA beruft Europa-Park-Chef Roland Mack in den Vorstand|language=German|trans-title=IAAPA appoints Europa Park boss Roland Mack to board|date=2 October 2008|accessdate=2011-04-06|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825021923/http://presse.europapark.de/lang-de/c814/m359/d7050/default.html|archivedate=25 August 2011}}
- {{Cite web| url= http://www.pr.uni-freiburg.de/pm/2008/pm.2008-06-18.201|title= Dies Universitatis: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität ehrt herausragende Persönlichkeiten
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|trans-title=Dies Universitatis: Albert Ludwig University honours outstanding people
|author=|publisher=|date=18 June 2008|accessdate=2011-04-06}}
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Category:20th-century German businesspeople
Category:Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Category:Recipients of the Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
Category:Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite
Category:21st-century German businesspeople
Category:Businesspeople from Freiburg im Breisgau
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