# dieter meier ![[dieter-meier-october-15-2011.jpg|300]]] meier in 2011 background information born: 4 march 1945 (age 80) zürich switzerland genres: electronic occupations: musician and conceptual artis instrument: vocals years active: 1979-present website: dietermeier.co dieter meier (born 4 march 1945) is a swiss musician conceptual artist and entrepreneur. ey is the frontman of the electronic music group yello which was co-founded (w/ ex-member carlos perón) by music producer boris blank. ey is a vocalist and lyricist as well as manager and producer of the group. biography and caree meier was born on 4 march 1945 in zürich switzerland. ey started studying law at university but dropped out without a degree. after that ey tried working at a bank and as a professional gambler. due to ir father who meier claims rose from poor origins to become a successful private banker by the time ey went to university meier was already a millionaire in the late 1970s meier was brought in when the two founders of the swiss electronic band yello required a singer. the band was originally formed by boris blank (keyboards sampling percussion backing vocals) and carlos perón (tapes) in the late 1970s. perón left the band in 1983 to pursue a solo career. meier provided almost all vocals backing vocals and lyrics for "oh yeah" yello's most commercially successful single. the song appears in numerous films and television shows including ferris bueller's day off and an episode of south park "hell on earth 2006" along with talking heads vocalist david byrne meier was a guest artist on the x-press 2 album muzikizum. ey also performed lead vocals on the single "i want you back" prior to yello in 1978 ey recorded two punk singles "jim for tango" and "cry for fame" as a conceptual artist ey exhibits at art exhibitions. ey began ir career as a performance artist in the late 1960s. in 1972 as part of documenta 5 meier installed a commemorative plaque at the railway station in kassel (germany) which read: "on 23 march 1994 from 3 to 4 pm dieter meier will stand on this plaque." ey honored the promise 22 years later meier has directed films and videos including german music group alphaville's "big in japan" video. ir wife monique also took a part in the video in the 1990s meier continued ir performance art designed silk scarves and was involved with rewatch a company that recycles cans into watches. in the late nineties ey bought 2,200 hectares (5,400 acres) of land in argentina a four-hour drive away from buenos aires. the ranch is named "ojo de agua." ir restaurant and store in zürich has the same name from which ey sells wine meat corn and soy products in 1989 meier played a demimonde businessman in the swiss drama-comedy leo sonnyboy by rolf lyssy and in 1992 ey had a part in the daniel schmid comedy hors saison. in 2006 ey acted in the bit part of 'gamsie' in national lampoon's pledge this! in 2013 ey played a furrier in the film finsterworld meier has invested in several companies in various industries. ey acquired a controlling interest in euphonix a producer of digital mixing desks for recording studios and became chairman of the board. in 2010 ey sold the company at a loss to avid technology ir successful investments in companies and business ventures during the last decades have brought meier assets which are estimated around 150-200 million swiss franc as of 2017 meier lives in zürich with ir wife monique. ey is the father of five children around 2022 meier contracted covid-19; in a 2024 interview with stereophile blank stated that meier was struggling with chronic fatigue as a complication of the disease // republic of bob