THE GREEN BUBBLE

Guards Polo 2015

Per and Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan 

Royal Ascot, 2015

Paris Opera, June 13 2015

Eva Longoria, Paris 2015

Cannes Film Festival & Monaco Grand Prix, 16 – 24 May 2015

Marakech April 24-26 2015

Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin visits WimmerSpace in London

Wimmer Family Office In Saudi Arabia

Breakfast with the Danish Ambassador to the UK

Dinner with the UK Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg

 Per Wimmer at 10 Downing Street

The Duchess of York. Princess Eugenie at Paddle 8 event.

The Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo crash, Mojave, California

WimmerSpace Presentation at Winchester College,

Speaking at The Swedish Book Fair, Gothenburg, Sept 2015: The Green Bubble

The book launch of The Green Bubble book in Denmark

Virgin Strive Charity: Sending off Sam Branson & team for charity challenge for Virgin Strive from London to reach the Matterhorn summit.

Wimmer provides monthly business news commentary on BBC World

Celebrating Sir Richard’s, Joan’s and Eve Branson birthday on Necker Island, British Virgin Islands.

Serpentine Gallary Summer Party with Naomi Campbell and Pharrell Williams.

The Green Bubble ('Den Grona Bubblan') on the future of green energy released in Stockholm on Tuesday June 10, 2014. Green energy is only truly sustainable when commercially sustainable. With foreword by Sir Richard Branson.

The Economist "European Energy Horizons" event in Stockholm

The Eve Branson Foundation and British Polo fundraiser, Marakech, Morocco

Wimmer passing Royal Yachts Association power boat permit.

WimmerSpace presentation at the TED conference 600 meters underground at the LKAB iron ore mine, Kiruna, Sweden

Visiting Necker Island and the BVI

Formal dinner at Highclere Castle, home of TV-series Downton Abbey, for Virgin Galactic/Virgin Unite fundraiser

Visit to XCOR Aerospace for progress update on rocket engines.

Virgin Galactic visit to the rocketship production facilities in Mojave, California, and astronaut party in Los Angeles.

Men’s Semifinals at Wimbledon including Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray and supporting The Novak Djokovic Foundation

Supporting the Elton John AIDS Foundation at Elton and David’s home in Windsor, UK, with VIP concert by Coldplay & Elton John.

WimmerSpace assisting UK government educational program ‘Mission X’ to inspire students’ interest in space and science.

Charity Polo Day For The Eve Branson Foundation in Marrakech, Morocco.

SXC Celebrates 2 years of operations.

The Royal Aeronautical Society Awards Per Wimmer Companion Status Membership for Services to the Space and Aviation Industry

Wimmer becomes a regular commentator on BBC World TV

The charity Families Of Children With Cancer receives USD 40.000 (DKK 231.500 ) from the joint efforts of friends and staff of Monjasa and WimmerSpace

Buzz & UK Comedian Jimmy Carr.

Further Landspeed Record test runs at Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA.

Summer in St Tropez, Monaco & Tuscani:

Virgin Galactic announces satellite launch capability at Farnborough

Per Wimmer, as the first Dane, attempting to dive 3.8 km down to the Titanic onboard MIR I from Russian Akademik Keldysh vessel.

Flying Water Jet Pack

Gourmet Bocuse d'Or lunch with HRH Prince Henrik of Denmark at the Royal Palace, Amalienborg.

The TV documentary "Wimmer Over Everest" wins the Best Film Award at the D.A.F.F. film festival (Danish Adventure Film Festival).

Unveil of the New Mexico Spaceport with Richard Branson & Virgin Galactic.

The book "Wall Street" is published and receives 6 stars (out of 6) in a review by the Danish Financial Times equivalent, Borsen.
 

The book "Realizing Tomorrow - The Path to Private Space Flight" about the new private space pioneers is published with a contribution by Wimmer Space.

Epsom Derby

Finals At The Wimmer Space, JP And Danish Industry Competition For School Kids To Build A Future Moon Base Model

Wimmer Space roadshow to schools across Denmark promoting space and science education as part of a 12 months program with Danish Industry and JP.

Supporting Elton John's Aids Foundation with David Furnish and Designer Jean Paul Gaultier

Further preparation with the "small" car for the preparation of setting the world landspeed record.

Kid's Space Day with broadcaster DR children's TV promoting interest in space and science for kids in Denmark.

Summer parties: Saint Tropez, France. Cartier Polo, Windsor, UK. Skagen, Denmark

Wimmer Space supports singer Alicia Keys' charity efforts, Keep A Child Alive, helping disadvantaged African children to realise their dreams. Alicia Keys gives an intimate concert in London to 270 charity supporters. Wimmer also support Clic Sargent, a children's cancer charity, together with the six number 1 single hit UK bank The Sugababes (Heidi Range, Amelle Berrabah and Jade Ewen) at the London Hurlingham Club, as well as Sir Elton John's AIDS Foundation.

DR broadcasts the "Wimmer Over Everest" documentary about the first ever tandem sky dive carried out above Mount Everest.

Wimmer Financial expanding and moving to new and much larger premises in Mayfair, London.

Attending the unveil of SpaceShipTwo at a ceremony in Mojave, California, with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and Sir Richard Branson

Per completes his first test drive for the world landspeed record in the "Eagle" at 165 Mph at Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA.

Per Wimmer training and passing of his Class A high speed drivers licence at Bonneville Salt Flats.

Decision time for next world record: Per decides to break the current world landspeed record at 763 Mph (Mach 1.01), set in 1997, by Thrust SSC and Richard Noble & Andy Green.

XCOR Aerospace reveils their first astronaut, Per Wimmer, as well as their main distributor, Rocketship Tours, at a press conference in Los Angelse, USA. By the same token, Per reveils his third planned trip to space.

Per Wimmer contributes to the book Mysteries From Space

Publication of "Professional Passion" in which Per Wimmer/Wimmer Space contributed

Per Wimmer, together with Ralph Mitchell, makes world history by becoming the first humans tandem sky dive above the highest point on Earth, Mount Everest. On Oct 6, 2008, the Pilatus Porter airplane flew the two up to an altitude of 29.500 feet (approx 9 Km) - just above the highest peak in the world - Mount Everest (29.035 feet or approx 8.8 KM). The outside temperature was minus 50 degress C (incl. the wind chill factor) and the free fall lasted for one minute at an average speed of 200 Km/h with full oxygen breathing equipment and Per and Ralph landed safely at 12.350 feet (approx 4 KM) altitude at the Drop Zone, close to Mount Everest.

After a couple of days in Kathmandu, the team flew to Lukla for acclimatisation and went trekking in the Himalayas. Later followed final instruction on survival training, use of oxygen and helmet. The charity effort within WimmerSpace Everest Sky Dive for this historic adventure raised USD 79.000.   

Final training and equipment testing in Switzerland close to Mont Blanc ahead of the historic Mount Everest Sky Dive.

Per Wimmer re-visits the charities who received his donations as part of the TV-program The Secrete Millionaire

Per Wimmer attends the unveiling of the “mothership” WhiteKnightTwo or “Eve” in Mojave, California. Richard Branson and Burt Rutan unveils the mothership to a packed global media audience.

Per Wimmer meets Richard Garriott, British-American computer game developer, due to become the sixth private space participant on oct.12, 2008 and as well as Apollo 11 astronaut and second man on the Moon, Buzz Aldrin, at the 2008 Farnborough Airshow, UK.

Wimmer Space goes ”under-cover” in the TV-series “The Secrete Millionaire” and donates USD 50.000 to local charities working with youth, the elderly, drug addicts, alcoholics and other people in need.

“Per Wimmer Visiting Alan Bean, Apollo 12 Astronaut And Fourth Man On The Moon At His Home And Atelier In Houston”

Per Wimmer Visiting NASA Johnson Space Centre, Houston, And Piers Sellers, British-American Astronaut on STS-112 Atlantis (Oct 7-18, 2002) performing three spacewalks (19 hours and 41 min of EVA); STS-121 Discovery (July 4-17, 2006; 7.5 hrs EVA).

Per Wimmer Attends The Unveiling Of The New Design Of SpaceShipTwo And WhiteKnightTwo By The Virgin Group Chairman Sir Richard Branson and Scaled Composites CEO Burt Rutan At A Well-Attended Press Conference At The American Museum Of Natural History, New York.

Per Wimmer speaking at the Space Investment Summit, San Jose, California, on the topic of “Guiding VC Space Fund Development” representing Wimmer Space and Wimmer Financial.

The book “Powermen” is published featuring twelve men and their visions for the future, including private astronaut and CEO of Wimmer Financial, Per Wimmer. The Seven Fundamental Values of Wimmer Space are also included: 1) Allow yourself to be inspired. Think "out of the box." 2) Follow your heart and passion. Have fun. 3) Focus and Execution. 4) Time discipline: Be conscious about time allocation. 5) Teamwork: The sum of the parts is greater than the individual parts alone. 6) Take calculated risks: Assess risks/rewards. 7) Inspire others, esp. children, and encourage them to live their dreams.

Per Wimmer successfully completes the first part of the Virgin Galactic training program. This part included two days of centrifuge simulations with forces up to 6 Gx and 3 Gz at the NASTAR training facility outside Philadelphia, USA. A exact simulation profile for SpaceShipTwo was also successfully completed. Ahead of this session, Per had to undergo extensive medical checks at the London Bridge Hospital and came out with a “clean bill of health.”

Wimmer Space makes presentations about the Seven Fundamental Values and adventure and space to blue chip corporate clients, such as SONY, IBM, Rank Xerox, Roche, Motorola, Novo Nordisk and others

Wimmer Space makes a second donation to Hospice Foundations totalling USD 10.000 in 2007. The Finish company Uponor buys a Wimmer Space presentation at a galla auction.

Per launches his own investment bank, Wimmer Financial, on Oct 4, 2007 on the 50th anniversary of launch of Sputnik (WimmerFinancial.com)

Per Wimmer, Anousheh Ansari (first private female space traveller) and Mark Shuttleworth (second private space traveller, first African in space) after a presentation by Mrs. Ansari, London, UK.

Kylie Minogue, Sir Richard Branson, Natalie Imbruglia, Per Wimmer and others participate in a bowling competition against each other at the Virgin Unite charity to help the fight against fistula, a devastating yet preventable childbirth injury affecting millions of women around the world.

Per Wimmer conducts an extensive TV documentary interview of Apollo 11 Astronaut And Second Man On The Moon, Buzz Aldrin at The Ritz Hotel, Paris, France. Previously, Buzz Aldrin had written his "Best Wishes" for Per Wimmer's space flight when signing The Space Tourist Handbook.

Per Wimmer becomes first founding member of Buzz Aldrins’ charity ShareSpace.

Per Wimmer signs up as a Virgin Galactic Founding Astronaut and will become one of the first group of Founding Astronaut to fly when Virgin Galactic starts space operations

The “Wimmer Way” song is recorded at the PUK Studios, Denmark. The song is based on “The Lions Sleep Tonight” and re-written and song by Flemming “Bamse” Jorgensen and his band “Bamses Venner” together with Per Wimmer.

Per Wimmer joins Man Securities/MF Global, part of the USD 60 bn hedge fund The MAN Group, before the USD 4 bn IPO spin-out in July 2007 as responsible for UK and Scandinavian institutional accounts.

Per Wimmer in first row with US First Lady Laura Bush and Florida Govenor Jeb Bush 8 min. before launch of the STS-114 Discovery Space Shuttle, Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA

SpaceShipOne wins the Ansari X-Prize – a USD 10 Million prize for the first team to launch into space (above 62 Miles from Earth) and re-launch within 14 days and return safely. Per Wimmer congratulates the CEO of Scaled Composites, Burt Rutan, and test pilots Brian Binnie and Mike Melville for their achievements as well as Peter Diamandis, the founder of the X-Prize (Photos left to right).

Mark Shuttleworth becomes the first African and the second civilian to enter space and visit the International Space Station. Per Wimmer joins Mark in Star City for a session of centrifuge and Zero-G as well as L-39 fighter jet training, just prior to Mark’s launch. One Zero-G training session is completed together with NASA astronaut Guy Gardner (STS-27 Atlantis, Dec. 2-6, 1988 and STS-35 Columbia, Dec. 2-11 1990; see photo below). A team from the Discovery Channel is following Per Wimmer and his training in Russia for a documentary.

The first private space traveler, American Dennis Tito, launches into space from Baikanour, Kazakhstan to the International Space Station. Per Wimmer joins Dennis Tito’s family for the launch on April 29, 2001. Prior to that launch, Per had completed his first Zero-G training, his first spin in the most powerful centrifuge in the world at Star City in Russia and, further, Per also flies the Russian MIG-25 fighter jet for the first time.

Per Wimmer learns about the possibility to fly into space as a private citizen and - within 48 hours - signs up for his first trip to space through Plenge & co (www.plengeco.dk) and Space Adventures (www.SpaceAdventures.com).

Per Wimmer joins Goldman Sachs &Co., New York, USA, and London, UK and ends up as Executive Director for Institutional Sales of Equity products to Scandinavian-based financial institutions. Goldman Sachs & Co. became a public traded company in 1999.

MPA, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA completed. Awarded the Don K. Price Award for academic excellence, community contributions and potential leadership. Co-Founded the Harvard Scandinavian Society; member of the Harvard MPA Admissions Committee; participated in charity “Project Outreach” (an HBS volunteer project to assist the elderly and disadvantaged in the Boston area) and was a member of the winning team at the 1998 Annucal Graduate School Debate Competition, organized by the Leadership and Ethics Forum, moderated by Senator Alan Simpson. During the stay at Harvard, Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark visited his alma mater. Before graduating, selected as the only non-US citizen for the Presidential Management Intern Program destined work for the Bill Clinton administration.