[11][12] Working for an international freight forwarding company, he first led shipments for the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit in West Africa and was subsequently appointed Managing Director of the new branch office in Munich.

He performed a bungee jump in Willy Bogner's action film "Fire, Ice and Dynamite".

[14] In the following years, Schweizer set several world records,[15] including in 1997 for the jump from a helicopter with the longest bungee rope and the highest fall distance of 1,050 meters.

In 1985, Schweizer founded the event and advertising agency Kajak Sports Productions, headquartered in Munich.

[33] Today, the Jochen Schweizer Group offers a total of 1,900 different experiences, employs 500 people and achieves an annual turnover of 70 million euros.

[41][42] In 2010, Schweizer published his biography entitled "Warum Menschen fliegen können müssen" ("Why People Have to Fly").