Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
I am a builder by heart and a CEO by evolution. I started coding at 16, launched my first company in school, and never stopped creating. Since then, I have co-founded and scaled several companies, including successful exits to McKinsey, AutoScout24 and Host Europe Group (GoDaddy). Today, I lead group.one, a digital platform for small businesses across Europe. It is built by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs. We serve over 2 million customers and generate more than €350 million in ARR, helping small businesses grow online with powerful SaaS tools. We partner with talented SaaS founders to expand our platform and bring their innovations to millions of users. What drives me: turning bold ideas into products, navigating uncertainty with data and teamwork, and helping others grow beyond what they thought possible. I believe in curiosity over hierarchy, clear direction over control, and courage over comfort. 🎓 RWTH Aachen • Oxford University • INSEAD (IDP) 💬 Topics: #Entrepreneurship #Leadership #ScaleUps #SaaS #M&A
Headquartered in Sweden and with offices in 11 countries, group.one serves over 2 million customers, predominantly small- and medium-size enterprises. The company provides the full range of products and cloud services from domain names to web and email hosting, to productivity tools, cloud and dedicated servers, and digital marketing services. Under group.one ownership, leading brands like one.com, Hostnet.nl, Herold.at and 20+ others enable customers to go and grow online.
LeasingMarkt.de is the leading marketplace for car leasing in Germany and Austria. Since 7/2020, LeasingMarkt is part of Europe’s largest car marketplace AutoScout24
dogado group is the leading Cloud Hosting and Digital Marketing Provider for SMB in Germany and Austria. With core brands like HEROLD, METANET and dogado our more than 580 employees serve more than 370.000 business customers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
4tree developed a powerful platform for retail companies that empowers decision making with on demand, fact-based analytics and accurate forecasting. Our highly scalable Big Data platform analyzes billions of buying interactions happening at the point of sales in real-time. It provides a powerful user interface to understand the buying behavior of customers and how different merchandising levers affect customer loyalty.