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German ambassador to US visits SC

By Mike Switzer

Published April 3, 2024 at 6:30 AM EDT

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Andreas Michaelis, German ambassador to the U.S.

Many of our citizens know that Germany is our state’s second most important trading partner and the largest foreign investor. These close economic ties between South Carolina and Deutschland are why our next guest makes personal visits to our state. Mike Switzer interviews Andreas Michaelis, the German ambassador to the U.S.

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Mike Switzer

After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.

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