At the age of 12, he was discovered by film producers in a Hamburg
restaurant. One of them actually wanted to know Michael's sister, but
gave him a role in a TV show.
Although being a TV star in the early 1970s, he decided to do a school
exchange and went to the United States.
One of the most noted photographers in Germany, best known for his
nature pictures of Africa.
As he was the first entrepreneur to sell IBM computers in Germany, he
earned his first $ 1 million at the age of 26.