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Benko managed to get financially strong supporters on board – such as logistics entrepreneur Klaus-Michael Kühne, management consultant Roland Berger and Torsten Toeller, the founder of the Fressnapf pet stores. “That’s easy. Investors are interested in ensuring that the money they invest earns a decent interest rate,” said former Austrian chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer, who held various advisory and supervisory roles in the Signa Group. “The investors have always earned well,” Gusenbauer told broadcaster ORF.