Marco Baumgartner

Marco Baumgartner is not your ordinary young man. He grew up around a family of circus performers, and made his debut performance as a juggler when he was only thirteen.

Throughout his entire youth, Marco travelled around the world with various circus artists and soon caught the circus fever. However, he did not immediately start his career in the circus as his parents insisted that he get a “real” job. Trained as a graphic designer, he became an apprentice for a couple of years before deciding to explore new horizons.

Heading east, he started his adventure in Mongolia while living with a local family. During his stay, he learnt to live in the simplest of conditions, which helped to shape him to who he is today. Deciding that he wanted a more carefree life, he obtained a job as a flight attendant with Swissair so that he could travel round the world.

It was during this time that he realised that a career in the circus was what he had been longing for. This was when he conceptualised the idea of building a circus in Asia . After a period of intensive market research, he settled upon setting up his base in Singapore – and that was how Taipan Circus was born.