Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger was born on July 30, 1947 in Thal, Styria close to Graz. Hist parents Gustav (August 17, 1907 – December 1, 1972) and Aurelia (née Jadrny, Juli 29, 1922 – August 2, 1998) married in the municipality of Mürzsteg and moved to Thal because Gustav had to fulfill his duty as police officer there. In Thal both of the children, Meinhard (July 17, 1946 – Mai 20, 1971) and Arnold grew up together. After another transfer Arnold’s parents moved to town of Weiz. After their dead, both where buried at the local cemetery. Meinhard and Arnold experienced a strict upbringing, which was very common in Post-War Austria. Both were engaged in sports, which helped Arnold a lot when he started lifting weights at the age of 14.

Soon after Arnold discovered the local strongmen scene, which were working out at the close by “Thalersee”. Arnold was fascinated by their bodies and started to work on his own. His famous  physique was gained by hard training and a lot of discipline. The hard work was worth it as Arnold already almost perfect physique attracted international promoters. On August 8, 1966, with the age of 19, he had the possibility to leave Austria for the German City of Munich. There he stayed until 1968 as he moved to the USA when he was 21 yeas old. In California he was part of the Golden Age of Bodybuilding and became the best in this sport, winning the Mister Universum contest five times and the Mister Olympia contest seven times. He was the first human being that was able to train his biceps to a size of 55 cm (21,7 in).

Besides his thriving career as bodybuilder the young Arnold was working on a second area of activity which was acting. Since nobody was able to pronounce his name he was given the pseudonym “Arnold Strong” in one of his first movies, “Hercules in New York”. As actor he starred in over 40 movies and is best known to the audience as Terminator in the Franchise created by James Cameron.

As star in many action films and science fiction classics it was a novelty that he also made is breakthrough in the genre of comedy, in movies like “Kindergarten Cop”, “Twins” or “Junior”. Having reached everything possible in the world of acting he was looking for a new challenge. Becoming the Governor of California proved to be the right one.

On August 7, 2003 Arnold decided to run for the highest position in the state and he was elected Governor by over 48 % of his fellow Californians. He initiated deep and successful reforms. The people were happy and ensured his re-election in 2007 in return.

After his prosperous second run as Governor Arnold not only became a valiant guardian for people in California, fighting gerrymandering and other social imbalances, but rather Earths champion. His tireless work for a cleaner and better environment is positively addressed by medias worldwide. Among other projects he founded the not-for-profit international organization “Regions of Climate Action” (R20) in 2011, an organization that is engaged in supporting sub-national governments around the world to develop and finance green infrastructure projects. In 2013 he visited his home country of Austria for the R20 Conference in Vienna. Furthermore, he revitalized his acting career with movies like “The Last Stand”, “Expendables 2”, and so on. This is not the end, many more movies are yet to come, like planned sequels to “Terminator”, “Conan the Barbarian” and “Twins”.