In nine short years, Dr Axel Paeger has built AMEOS into one of Germany’s ten largest private hospital group with 2010 sales of €377m. AMEOS is unusual in many ways. Its main backer is not private equity or stockmarket investors but rather Quadriga, an investor representing family offices. AMEOS is looking beyond Germany and already is engaged in Poland and has a unit in Austria. We talk to Paeger about the AMEOS business model....