Ohms, by contrast, remained until his resignation after the 1996 Bundesliga relegation and a successful vote of no confidence. He presided over what is still both the most successful and the saddest Bundesliga chapter in Eintracht history. With a mixture of grandiosity, red-light milieu and dubious personnel decisions, he fit the scandal club on the Main perfectly.
At his peak the ‘financial genius’ employed up to 100 currency traders in his Schillerstraße offices. Reportedly his daily turnover reached five billion US dollars.
