Richard David Precht
Richard David Precht is one of Germany’s most prominent intellectuals. The doctor of philosophy, publicist and honorary professor of philosophy and aesthetics at the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin is best known for his popular works on philosophy. His bestseller “Who am I – and if so, how many?” (2007) was his breakthrough with […]
Markus Lanz
Markus Lanz is one of Germany’s best-known television personalities. Since 2009, he has been shaping social discourse with his talk show of the same name on ZDF and has earned a reputation as an astute observer and attentive interlocutor. Lanz was born in Bruneck in South Tyrol in 1969. After working for the Italian army […]
Yaël Meier
Yaël Meier is one of the defining voices of Generation Z in the German-speaking world. Born in Lucerne in 2000, she began her career as an actress in award-winning Swiss film productions before breaking new ground as a journalist, columnist and entrepreneur. In 2020, together with Jo Dietrich, she founded the agency ZEAM, which helps […]
Maher Al Kaabi
Maher Al Kaabi (UAE) is a visionary leader and seasoned banker with over 30 years of experience in banking, IT and family businesses. He has extensive expertise in Board of Directors, Islamic banking, corporate and retail banking, risk management, finance, operations & technology, sales & distribution and business development. He serves on various company boards, […]
Heinrich Gröller
After studying engineering at ETH Zurich, Heinrich Gröller began his career in restructuring at Roland Berger before setting up a pallet plant in the Czech Republic himself and accompanying the rapid growth of the Schiebel Group as Managing Director for several years. He took over the family’s real estate investments 18 years ago and developed […]
Alex Schütz
Alex Schütz is the founder and CEO of the C-Quadrat Investment Group, Austria’s leading independent asset management company. Through his family office, Alex Schütz currently invests in high-growth companies with a focus on digitalization, financial technology and healthcare. He focuses on strategic investments in Europe and Africa as well as targeted investments in private equity […]
Ulrike Herrmann
Ulrike Herrmann is one of Germany’s most distinguished business journalists. For many years, she has been analyzing political and economic events as a business correspondent for the “taz” – pointed, fact-rich and opinionated. Trained as a bank clerk, she studied history and philosophy, worked at the Körber Foundation and was press spokeswoman for Hamburg’s Senator […]
Franz Schellhorn
Dr. Franz SCHELLHORNDirector of the Agenda Austria think tank *26 May 1969 Has headed the Vienna-based think tank Agenda Austria, which deals with relevant economic policy issues, since February 2013. Franz Schellhorn studied commercial sciences at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, which he completed in 1997. Prior to his studies, he completed a […]
Jean-Claude Juncker
Jean-Claude Juncker is one of Europe’s most influential politicians and is considered the architect of the euro. The long-standing Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1995-2013) and President of the European Commission (2014-2019) has played a key role in shaping European integration over the decades – as Finance Minister, President of the Eurogroup and mediator at the […]
Florian Unterberger
Florian Unterberger has a degree in business administration and runs the family business of the same name together with his brothers. The Kufstein-based group of companies, which is active in the automotive trade in western Austria, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, has been involved in the real estate sector since the 1980s and holds various investments with […]
