A Swiss entrepreneur who describes himself as a billionaire has bought a series of ads on Facebook in an attempt to find himself a date.
Twenty-year-old Emmanuel Fredenrich, who lives in New York, was reportedly “frustrated with the limits of dating apps such as Tinder”. He decided to create a website to showcase his personality – along with a few other graphic personal details – and paid to advertise it on Facebook and Instagram.
Fredenrich reportedly paid $196 (£149) for a series of adverts targeting women aged 18 to 22 in the greater New York area.
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“I just like doing crazy things,” he told the New York Post. “I hate boring and I like laughing.”
The Sun says that Fredenrich “may need to work on his powers of seduction”. His website, though attention grabbing, is not obviously alluring. “I’m looking for a special girl to date,” he writes. “I’m aware that posting an ad to do that is about as normal as seeing an elephant commit mass murder with an AK-47 and then being killed by a baby raccoon.”
His website features sentences such as this one: “Are you sick and tired of being approached by drunken, foul-smelling, urine-producing, ass-touching, boobs-grabbing, barely-shaved mass murderers in bars and clubs?
And this: “My private parts are over 6 inches so it’s gonna be fun, baby.”
Fredenrich describes himself as a billionaire but he isn’t listed on the Forbes billionaire list. He claims he made his money through being an “Instagram influencer” and CEO of the health-supplement company Nutrition Optimale.
The Sun says that a number of videos on YouTube have accused the company of being a scam – something Fredenrich also “cheerfully boasts about” on his dating site.
The 20-year-old claims he received 500 written application forms in the first 24 hours.
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