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SZ Economic Summit 2018
Building
trust
Dear ladies and gentlemen, 3
Editorial
I would be delighted to see you in Berlin in Novem- maier, State Minister for Digital Affairs Dorothee
ber at the 12th Economic Summit of Süddeutsche Bär, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer and Trans-
Zeitung. If you have been our guest before, you port Minister Andreas Scheuer.
know that we meet at the Hotel Adlon to discuss The Chancellor will be our guest for the fifth time.
current events in politics and business with mana- She will hold the dinner speech at the highlight of
gers and entrepreneurs, politicians and scholars the SZ Economic Summit, the Night of the Euro-
as well as other personalities from Germany and pean Economy at the German Historical Museum.
abroad. Afterwards, I will have a subsequent chat with her
This year‘s motto of our summit is: “Building trust“ on stage, which will not only be devoted to current
Wherever you look: The trust of many people is issues.
dwindling – in politics and in those who shape it We are also presently in contact with foreign
decisively; in our economic system and free world heads of government; many presidents, prime mi-
trade. In the past, most people were convinced nisters and important officials have already spo-
that they would be better off in the future; today ken and participated in the discussions at the SZ
diffuse fears of the future, of losing jobs, prosperi- economic summits in recent years. Jüri Ratas, the
ty and security are spreading. This has a lot to do Prime Minister of Estonia, has already agreed to
with the fact that we live in a time of major change. join us in 2018. This means the prime minister of
What seemed safe just ten or fifteen years ago is a country from which Germany can learn a lot in
no longer so today. terms of digitisation.
This crisis of trust is accompanied by the enor- We are maintaining the concept of our economic
mous upheavals we are currently experiencing: summit: We do not want to stage a large-scale
the political upheavals in Washington, Rome and event, but rather offer a forum for discussion, re-
– in some respects also in Germany; with the tech- flection and exchange. Two festive dinners with a
nological upheavals caused by big data and artifi- programme round off the offer.
cial intelligence, autonomous driving and robots; As editor-in-chief of Süddeutsche Zeitung, the
but also with China‘s rise, Europe‘s self-doubt, the highest-circulation quality newspaper with natio-
isolationism of the USA. nal distribution in Germany, I would be very ple-
We want to discuss these momentous changes ased if you could be there for one day or for the
with you. entire three days, just as your schedule permits.
Once again, we expect more than 60 top-class
speakers, including the heads of global compa-
nies such as Siemens, Axa and Deutsche Bank –
but also more politicians than ever. The economic
summit will be opened by Jean-Claude Juncker,
President of the European Commission. Six mem-
bers of the Federal Cabinet have also pledged
attendance: Chancellor Angela Merkel, Vice Chan-
cellor Olaf Scholz, Economics Minister Peter Alt- Kurt Kister
SZ Economic Summit 2018 Ten reasons why you should be part of it: our highlights
• Three congress days with a variety of formats, exciting people and many
opportunities for networking
• No long-winded speeches – controversial discussions instead
• Relaxed kick-off on Sunday evening at the Factory Berlin
• Opening Speech by EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker
• Talk evening in the Adlon Ballroom on Friday with guests from culture and
sports
• Night of the European Economy at the German Historical Museum on
Tuesday with a dinner speech delivered by Chancellor Angela Merkel
• More than 60 international top speakers from business, politics, science
• A unique atmosphere at one of the best hotels of the world
• Our participants: meet more than 400 top representatives of the German
and international business world
• Flexible possibilities of participation: book the conference for three days or
shorter – whatever your schedule permits
Register now at:
www.sz-wirtschaftsgipfel.de/en/anmeldung
SZ Economic Summit 2018 Germany’s major Economic Summit: meet entrepreneurs, politicians and networkers The SZ Economic Summit is a forum for the major debates being held in Germany and Europe. We will discuss current global and regional challenges, digitisation and innovation, policy choices, current events and what they mean for business leadership.
SZ Economic Summit 2018 Three compact days in the German capital: discuss what moves the economy At the Economic Summit of Süddeutsche Zeitung, panel discussions are just as important as fringe discussions – during the breaks, over lunch and at the evening events. Have a discussion with the other conference participants and benefit directly from their experience, maintain your networks and establish new contacts. The congress brings together people from the most varied walks of life, representatives of large corporations just as successful family entrepreneurs and rising founders of start-ups.
SZ Economic Summit 2018 More than a congress: Enjoy exclusive evenings at special locations If you are also interested in questions beyond the economy, then the Economic Summit of Süddeutsche Zeitung is the place to be. Just as the Süddeutsche Zeitung daily offers you more than the business pages, our congress offers more than only debates on economic issues at the evening events, for the first time at the German Historical Museum this year.
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The programme
The programme
* Subject to change prior to the start of the congress.
Information on the confirmation of further speakers and the updated
programme will be provided on www.sz-wirtschaftsgipfel.de/en/,
where you can also subscribe to our newsletter.Sunday
11th November 2018
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The programme
17.00 Registration of the participants at the Hotel Adlon
(possible at any time also on the other days of the
congress)
from Welcome-Night Julian Nida-Rümelin /
19.30 For the congress kick-off, we invite our participants, Professor of Philosophy
especially all those who are taking part for the first
time, to join us at the Factory Berlin, to get to
know the moderators and the speakers and to forge
first contacts. With our guest Julian Nida-Rümelin,
we are going to discuss whether digitisation is de-
stroying our future.
Factory Berlin
Rheinsberger Straße 76/77, 10115 BerlinMonday
12th November 2018
10.45 Introduction to the congress Marc Beise, Ulrich Schäfer /
Süddeutsche Zeitung
10.55 Welcome Kurt Kister /
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The programme
11.00 Opening address plus Q&A: Jean-Claude Juncker /
Where is Europe headed? President of the EU Commission
11.30 Panel 1: Europe and its champions Charles-Édouard Bouée /
• Trump, China, Silicon Valley: Roland Berger
Where are the greatest threats lurking? Thomas Buberl / AXA
• How to handle protectionism? Markus Haas / Telefónica
• How do we build new European champions? Gillian Tans / Booking.com
12.15 Cross-examination Christian Sewing /
Deutsche Bank
12.45 Lunch break
13.15 Cross-examination Christian Lindner / Free
Democratic Party in Germany
14.15 Cross-examination Horst Seehofer / Federal
Minister of the Interior
14.45 Panel 2: What will become of Germany? Ann-Kristin Achleitner /
• Is the government on the right course? TU München
• Is it doing enough for growth, jobs and innovation? Frank Bsirske / ver.di
• What reforms need to be tackled? Joe Kaeser / Siemens
Wolfgang Langhoff / BP
Christoph M. Schmidt /
Economic advisor
15.45 Coffee break16.15 Panel 3: Does social market economy still work? Thilo Bode / foodwatch
• Why is our economic system losing in support? Katja Kipping /
• How can trust in the social market economy be Chairwoman DIE LINKE.
regained? Achim Wambach / ZEW
• What would Ludwig Erhard do today? 15
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17.00 Speed-Dating: Pioneers of change Katharina Kreitz / Vectoflow
• Four founders, four successs stories Stephan Schambach / NewStore
seven minutes each Karl Matthäus Schmidt /
• What are the secrets of their success? Quirin private bank
• What can others learn Günther Schuh / e.GO Mobile
17.30 Cross-examination: Diesel, banks, food: Klaus Müller / vzbv
How much consumer protection is required?
18.00 End of the first congress day
19.30 Reception in the foyer of the Ballroom
20.00 Dinner and talk evening
Lisa Blumenberg / producer
in the Ballroom of the Hotel Adlon
(e.g. Bad Banks)
Birgit Fischer / 27fold canoeing
world champion and
Germany’s most successful
Olympic medallist
Ina Müller / singer, music
cabaret artist, author and
television presenter
presented byTuesday
13th November 2018
9.00 Keynote plus Q&A: Germany’s opportunities Dorothee Bär / Secretary of
in digitisation State for Digital Affairs
9.30 Cross-examination Wenshuan Dang / Huawei
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10.00 Panel 4: Data protection and data security – what can Marit Hansen /
The programme
companies do? Date Protection Officer
• Cybersecurity: a task for experts – and for the company Schleswig-Holstein
executives Yvonne Hofstetter /
• Best Practice: how to protect against attacks TERAMARK Technologies
• GDPR: sensible or a bureaucratic monster? Paul Kaffsack / Myra
Security
10.45 Mixed doubles: Humility and care – the manager as a role Valerie Holsboer /
model Federal Employment Agency
• Are the times of an authoritarian boss over? Jochen Schweizer / Jochen
• What soft skills do managers need instead? Schweizer Group
• How can executives take their staff on board better?
11.15 Coffee break
11.45 Panel 5: How intelligent robots change our life and work Frederik Brantner /
• What can robots and cobots do – and what not? Magazino
• How can humans and machines work together? Pascale Ehrenfreund /
• What will robots be able to do in a few years, also German Aerospace Centre
thanks to artificial intelligence? Till Reuter / Kuka
and three robots
12.30 Dispute: Human or machine – are we running out of work? Markus Gabriel / philosopher
• Do we have to be afraid of clever machines? Gesche Joost /
• Will humans be pushed aside at the end? Berlin University of the Arts
• How can we adapt to the new technology?
13.30 Lunch break
14.00 Cross-examination Olaf Scholz /
Federal Minister of Finance14.30 Digital Europe: three countries and their vision Ana Brnabic´ / Prime Minister
• How do they drive digitisation? of Serbia
• What have they achieved, what are the heading for? Katrín Jakobsdóttir / Prime
• What can Germany learn from them? Minister of Iceland
Jüri Ratas / Prime Minister 17
of Estonia
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15.45 Coffee break
16.15 Introductory presentation : The future of mobility Andreas Scheuer / Federal
Transport Minister
16.30 Panel 6: Air taxi or e-car – the future of networked mobility Nico Gabriel / Sixt
• How do Big Data and new types of drive change transport? Stefan Krause / EVELOZCITy
• What forms of transport have the greatest potential? Felix Kuhnert / PwC
• Are the German manufacturers losing ground? Andreas Scheuer / Federal
Transport Minister
17.15 Panel 7: The blockchain revolution – an opportunity for Gilbert Fridgen / Fraunhofer
companies? FIT, University Bayreuth
• What can crypto-technology offer – and what not? Claudia Otto / COT Legal
• Industry, banks, logistics: how companies are using Dominik Schiener / IOTA
blockchain already today Ralph Hamers / ING Group
• How can Germany become the leading blockchain nation?
18.00 End of the second congress day
19.00 Reception at the German Historical Museum
20.00 Night of the European Economy Angela Merkel /
at the German Historical Museum with dinner speech Federal Chancellor
Dresscode: Business
presented by
© Ulrich SchwarzWednesday
14th November 2018
9.30 Keynote plus Q&A Jens Weidmann / President of the
Bundesbank
10.00 Keynote plus Q&A: the future of world trade Peter Altmaier / Federal Economics
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10.30 Panel 8: How does a company remain agile and Sir Tim Clark / Emirates
innovative? Philipp Depiereux / etventure
• How important are executives for innovation? Miriam Wohlfarth / RatePay
• What are the best strategies for change?
• Agility: sensible or overrated?
11.15 Coffee break
11.45 Trail Blazers – Germany’s best start-ups presented by
Six young companies present themselves with a
pitch. The participants of the SZ Economic Summit
select the winner with an app.
12.15 Panel 9: Why digitisation only works with diversity
• Why are diverse teams more creative? Fränzi Kühne / TLGG
• How to get more women involved in digital? Marika Lulay / GFT Technologies
• What can politicians and companies do? Hermann J. Merkens / Aareal Bank
Information on the confirmation of further speakers will be provided under www.sz-wirtschaftsgipfel.de
13.15 Lunch break
14.15 Panel 10: Europe, USA, China - who determines the Gabriel J. Felbermayr / ifo
rules of globalization? Institute – Leibniz Institute for
• Customs: Do you need them - and how should Economic Research at the
companies deal with them? University of Munich
• Investments: Who gets new factories and jobs? Bernhard Mattes / Association of
• Trade agreements: Which agreements are possible? the German Automotive Industry
The programme is subject to changes and amendments.
Yi Sun / Ernst & young
15.00 Cross-examination : What can entrepreneurs Jan Heitmann / Germany’s
learn from poker? best-known poker expert
15.30 Closing-Keynote Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic´ /
President of Croatia
16.00 End of the congressDigital possibilities are
infinite – including their threats.
We accompany you into a
safe future.
Paul Kaffsack
Myra Security GmbH
Myra, your protection against cyberattacks.
Made in Germany
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1 ANN-KRISTIN ACHLEITNER (from 2016) She 4 DR. LISA BLUMENBERG, 54, has been working
knows how to handle risk: The professor of eco- for Studio Hamburg for more than twenty years;
nomics with a chair at the TU Munich has set her initially as a television producer later as an executive
research emphasis on venture capital. She prob- producer. In 2006, she was honoured with the VFF
ably is the most distinctive member of a supervi- TV Movie Award for her production work, followed
sory board in the country, too. The industrious by the Grimme-Preis and the Bayerischer Fernseh-
scientist (born in 1966) is part of the supervisory preis for her novel adaptation “Neue Vahr Süd”. Over
committees of the German stock exchange, the the past few years, Blumenberg has increasingly
reinsurance company MunichRe, the French dedicated herself to TV series. Last year, for exam-
energy group Engie and the gases company Linde. ple, she was in charge of the German-Luxembourg
On top of that, she was a member of the German co-production “Bad Banks”, inspired by the financial
Corporate Governance Code governmental com- crisis of 2008. Following the great success, a second
mission for many years. Andrea Rexer season is now in the works. David Denk
2 PETER ALTMAIER, 60, is considered one of 5 THILO BODE doesn’t shy away from confronta-
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s closest advisors. He tion. When he was head of Greenpeace, he took on
was Federal Minister of the Environment, Head of the powerful oil industry among others. Today, he
the Federal Chancellery and was put in charge of fights for consumer protection and citizen’s rights
the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and with his organisation Foodwatch. Identifying critical
Energy this year. The passionate European born in issues that are important to people, such as the
Saarland, however, has increasingly been grap- controversial TTIP and Ceta free trade agreements,
pling with transatlantic relations as of late, with comes naturally to him. He has also targeted banks
trade matters mainly. Michael Bauchmüller and insurances for food speculation. Silvia Liebrich
3 DOROTHEE BäR, Born in 1978, she joined the 6 CHARLES-ÉDOUARD BOUÉE The world is his
young Union (JU) even when she was a pupil. She home, always commuting between Europe, Amer-
has been a member of the party executive of the ica and Asia. The Frenchman, with his main office
CSU since 2001 and was appointed Deputy Sec- in Munich and a residence in Shanghai, has been
retary General in 2009. She has been a member leading Roland Berger as a CEO since 2014. He
of the Bundestag since 2002. In 2013, she assu- studied in Paris and at Harvard and started his
med the office of Parliamentary Secretary of State career as an investment banker. Subsequently,
at the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital he switched his profession to business consul-
Infrastructure. Since March 2018, she has been tancy, initially with Booz Allen & Hamilton and
State Minister for Digitisation on behalf of the later with AT Kearney. Since 2001, he has been
Federal Government. Helmut Martin-Jung with Roland Berger. Caspar Busse7 8 9
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7 FREDERIK BRANTNER, born in 1984, is 10 THOMAS BUBERL, ´ CEO, AXA, 18 years ago,
co-founder of the start-up Magazino. The mechan- he was part of the Boston Consulting team that
ical engineering company builds mobile robots for contributed to the founding of HUK 24, a hugely
logistics that relies on artificial intelligence. The successful online insurance company. Experience
management expert has so far lived in the USA, is key: Buberl has no doubt that digitisation will
Ecuador, South Africa, the Czech Republic and radically change his industry. He trained as a
Spain. He is a serial founder; already during his banker, completed his business studies and PhD,
time at uni, he set up the management consul- worked as a consultant, and assumed his first
tancy Denkleister. Elisabeth Dostert Board position in 2005. In 2012, Buberl became
head of AXA Germany. Based in Paris since Sep-
8 ANA BRNABIC, Born in 1975 in Belgrade, the tember 2016, he has been managing the whole
business economist was the first woman to be AXA Group. He is 45 years of age and likes to
elected Serbian Prime Minister in June 2017. Only design shoes in his spare time. Herbert Fromme
a year earlier, after working in the private sector,
she had been appointed to the cabinet as Minister. 11 SIR TIM CLARK A member of the Emirates’
As a political career changer, she remains inde- founding team, he is one of the most powerful men
pendent until now. She has focused her work on in the airline industry. His words carry weight, after
household renovation and digitisation in order to all, since becoming acting head of Emirates in
keep Serbia on course in the EU. Peter Münch 2003 he has ordered over 142 Airbus A380s, and
is also one of Boeing’s most important customers.
9 FRANK BSIRSKE has been chairman of the ser- His airline has even unsettled Lufthansa to the
vice trade union ver.di since 2001, which originated extent that they have advocated removing Emira-
from five individual trade unions. Starting out as tes’ air traffic rights. Jens Flottau
number one, ver.di is now only the second largest
German trade union. Sixty-six-year-old Bsirske, son 12 WENSHUAN DANG „Chief Network Architect“,
of a labourer and a nurse, studied political science this wonderful title is on his business card. He is
and began his career with the Greens, before mak- the mastermind behind the Chinese network sup-
ing it to the top in the Public Services and Transport plier Huawei. The 5G mobile phone standard, the
(ÖTV) trade union, subsequently becoming head of Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence - all this
ver.di. Next year, the tea lover and tough negotiator is part of Dang’s portfolio. He started at Huawei
is going to retire. Henrike Roßbach in 1997, when the company won its very first for-
eign contract, and today the group is active almost
everywhere in the world Christoph Giesen13 14 15
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13 PHILIPP DEPIEREUx, Born in 1977, he studied 16 BIRGIT FISHER With eight gold medals and four
international business administration in Germany, silver medals, only to name her Olympic achieve-
France and the USA. After that he founded his first ments, Birgit Fischer is the most successful German
own consultancy firm Pepato and successfully Olympic athlete. The canoeist, born in 1962, has won
restructured the film manufacturer alesco. Since many more titles. Since ending her sports career,
2010, he has been founder and managing director however, she has been an entrepreneur above all.
of etventure, a digital consultancy and cradle for The certified sports instructor runs a canoeing school
start-ups and a digital consultancy; With his team, in Brandenburg and is committed to the fight against
he develops digital business models both for large drugs and for nature conservation. Katharina Kutsche
and medium-sized companies as well as for start-
ups. Helmut Martin-Jung 17 GILBERT FRIDGEN, born in 1980, knows what
the future holds: his work at the University of Bay-
14 PASCALE EHRENFREUND, 57, has been Chair- reuth focusses on Blockchain technology on which
man of the Executive Board of the German Aero- many currently pin their hopes. As Professor of
space Center (DLR) for almost two years. She stud- Information Systems, Fridgen is exploring poten-
ied astronomy and biology at the University of tial business applications of this new technology,
Vienna. In 2001, Ehrenfreund was appointed hon- such as the immutable storage of information. On
orary professor of astrobiology in Amsterdam and top of that, he is co-director of the Fraunhofer
Leiden. Since 2008 she has been Professor of Blockchain Lab. Victor Gojdka
Space Policy and International Affairs at George
Washington University. Jens Flottau 18 MARKUS GABRIEL A book with the title “Why
the World Doesn’t Exist”, is quite a statement. The
15 GABRIEL J. FELBERMAYR, Blockades, tariffs, philosopher, born in 1980, landed a hit with the
trade wars: these are exciting times and Gabriel work. His school of thought is called “New Rea-
Felbermayr helps us to understand them. The Aus- lism”. He rejects the existence of a world in which
trian economist studied in Linz, did his doctorate everything is connected to everything, instead
in Florence and habilitated in Tübingen. Felbermayr there are many different worlds and realities in
has been with the ifo Institute in Munich since the form of excepts existing next to each other. In
2010, where he heads the „Center for International 2009 he was Germany’s youngest professor of
Economics“. Christoph Gurk philosophy to be appointed to the Chair for Epis-
temology, Modern and Contemporary Philosophy
at the University of Bonn. He has long been con-
sidered one of the most important contemporary
German philosophers. Jan Willmroth19 20 21
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19 NICO GABRIEL , The business graduate, born 22 RALPH HAMERS, born in 1966, radically trims
in 1977, is one of the most intimate connoisseurs the Dutch financial group ING in order to set it up
of Car-Sharing in Europe. He helped set up BMW’s digitally. When he became CEO of the major bank in
short-term rental service, called DriveNow, and 2013 at the age of 46, this caused some excitement
this spring switched to the longstanding partner in the Netherlands. Hamers is involved in the Ger-
of this business, the car rental company Sixt. man market through its subsidiary ING-Diba, the
There he is now to make the huge fleet of 200,000 third-largest German private bank. Meike Schreiber
rental cars fit for the digital world, ultimately also
for Car-Sharing. Max Hägeler 23 MARIT HANSEN Born in 1969, she studied
computer science with a minor in medicine and
20 KOLINDA GRABAR-KITAROVIC, ´ In the summer has been leading the ULD (Independent Centre
of 2018 she became known worldwide in her red for Privacy Protection, Schleswig-Holstein) in
and white football jersey as the biggest fan of her Kiel, the Data Protection Authority of Schle-
national team at the World Cup in Russia. Before, swig-Holstein, since 2015. Hansen is a sought-af-
the political scientist (born 1968) was elected Cro- ter expert on many a topic related to data protec-
atia’s first female president in 2015. The politician, tion and privacy and has also worked on a great
who comes from the ranks of the national-conserv- number of data protection research projects
ative HDZ, already served as Foreign Minister and funded by Brussels Helmut Martin-Jung
later as Deputy Secretary General of NATO.
Peter Münch 24 JAN HEITMANN A good businessman is a good
poker player. Or vice versa: There is a lot that can
21 MARKUS HAAS, born in 1972, started his be learned from poker for corporate management
career in the legal affairs and regulatory division at - strategic, logical thinking or the intelligent han-
Telefónica in Germany in 1998 - at that time Viag dling of risks and data. Finds the best-known pro-
Interkom- after his legal studies. Since 2017, Haas fessional expert in Germany. He has played as a
has been CEO of Telefónica Deutschland Holding AG, professional for 13 years and is now a native of
the company in his hometown of Munich. In terms Westphalia (born 1976), who studied at the
of internal digitisation, the hobby chef banks on renowned business school WHU Valleandar. He
ideas from the squad. Katharina Kutsche teaches managers how to transfer tricks from the
gaming table to business decisions. He also com-
ments on poker on TV and trains players like Boris
Becker. Theresa ParstorferFinding creative solutions to complex problems is in our nature.
As consultants we focus on the challenges our clients face.
Offering sound analysis, strategic insight and industry expertise,
we are there to support them with trusted advice on how to
shape a successful future.
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25 YVONNE HOFSTETTER Born in 1966 and after 28 GESCHE JOOST Member of the Expert Advisory
completing her law studies in 1999, she worked Board on Consumer Protection Issues as well as of
at international software companies. Since 2009, the Supervisory Boards of SAP and ING-DiBa – these
she has been leading the company Teramark are just some of Gesche Joost’s positions, who was
Technologies, a specialist in big data and born in 1974. Until June 2018, she promoted digital
machine learning. Her book “Sie wissen alles” change throughout Germany on behalf of the Fed-
(They know everything) on the dangers of modern eral government, as an Internet ambassador, or –
technology is a bestseller. Her most recent book more snazzy – Digital Champion. But above all, Joost
“Das Ende der Demokratie” (The end of democ- is a full-time professor of design research at the
racy) deals with risks associated with artificial Berlin University of the Arts, where she leads the
intelligence. Helmut Martin-Jung Design Research Lab. Katharina Kutsche
26 VALERIE HOLSBOER, born in 1977, is the 29 JEAN-CLAUDE JUNCKER, has been shaping
first woman on the Executive Board of the Federal European politics for longer than most of his col-
Employment Agency where she is responsible for leagues. Born in Luxembourg in 1954, Jean-Claude
finance and controlling. Previously, the lawyer Juncker was Minister for Finance from 1989 to 2009
was the Managing Director of the German System and Prime Minister of his home country from 1995
Catering Association and of the Food, Drink and to 2013. And that’s not all: from 2005 to 2013, as
Tobacco Employers’ Association. Holsboer wants President of the Euro Group, he also chaired the
to encourage women to take over executive func- meetings of European finance ministers. Juncker
tions. Thomas Öchsner has been President of the European Commission
since November 2014. Alexander Mühlauer
27 KATRíN JAKOBSDóTTIR In March she met Ger-
man Chancellor Angela Merkel and invited her to 30 JOE KAESER has been CEO of Siemens since
Iceland for a walk. Now the Icelandic Prime Minister August 2013. The manager, joined the company
is coming back to Berlin: Katrín Jakobsdóttir, born based in Munich in as early as 1980 and quickly
in 1976, has been a member of parliament in Rey- made a career for himself. In 2006 he was appointed
kjavík for more than ten years, was previously Min- Chief Financial Officer; he went on to inherit Peter
ister of Education and has been head of government Löscher’s post at the top of the group. Ever since,
since 2017. In addition to equal rights, education he has been restructuring Siemens rigorously,
and environmental protection, digitisation is impor- including the merger of businesses with competi-
tant to her. Together with the other four Nordic tors in the field of wind power and rail technology
heads of government, she set herself the goal in as well as going public with the medical technology
spring of jointly promoting the 5G mobile commu- business. Caspar Busse
nications standard in the Nordic countries and thus
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31 PAUL KAFFSACK, born in 1981, co-founded 34 KATHARINA KREITZ Whenever Formula 1
Myra Security, an IT security company based in tours around the world, Vectoflow tags along for
Munich. Since 2013, the company has been pro- the ride. The start-up from Munich supplies probes
tecting websites from online attacks with its servi- that measure the air flow, not only on race cars.
ces. Customers include the car rental company Sixt Katharina Kreitz, born in 1987, is one of the foun-
and the Baur mail order company. Politicians also ders. After graduating, the engineer received
trust in Kaffsack’s services: he thus protects the many a job offer from well-known companies. But
federal government websites and was in charge of she refused to be “streamlined”. Elisabeth Dostert
keeping the online presence secure at the G7 sum-
mit in Elmau. In his job, Kaffsack travels the globe, 35 FRäNZI KüHNE Fränzi Kühne co-founded the
from Silicon Valley to London. Victor Gojdka digital agency Torben, Lucie und die gelbe Gefahr
(TLGG – Torben, Lucie and the yellow danger) with
32 KATJA KIPPING has been chairperson of The two friends ten years ago. Kühne (b. 1983) looks
Left party together with Bernd Riexinger since after finances and staff at TLGG amongst other
2012. Born in Dresden in 1978, she completed a things. In 2017, she joined the Supervisory Board
degree in Slavic studies, American studies and law. of Freenet as the youngest member of such a body
In 1998, she joined the PDS party, and in 1999, in Germany. Felicitas Wilke
she went on to become a town councillor of her
hometown and a member of the Saxon state par- 36 FELIx KUHNERT is a partner at the auditing
liament. In 2005, she was drawn to Berlin, where and advisory firm PwC. Last autumn, the automo-
she has been a member of the German Bundestag tive expert rose to the position of Global Automo-
parliament ever since. Jan Schwenkenbecher tive Leader. Kuhnert, born in 1969, looks back on
more than 20 years of experience in advising car
33 STEFAN KRAUSE First, he was CFO at Faraday manufacturers, dealer organisations and associa-
Future, the Californian high-flyer in the e-car sec- tions. He previously studied economics in Freiburg,
tor, then he started his own business in the same Bonn and Berkeley. Jan Willmroth
industry with Evelozcity: Stefan Krause. The cos-
mopolitan founder, born in Colombia in 1962,
studied management in Würzburg, made a career
with BMW and Deutsche Bank and has been on
the Supervisory Board of Rocket Internet since
2016. Starting in December 2017, he has been
his own boss. Katharina Kutsche37 38 39
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37 WOLFGANG LANGHOFF, born in 1960, is 40 BERNHARD MATTES The manager appears
Chairman of the Board of BP Europa SE. He is quietly. His long-standing employer Ford shows
responsible for operating the oil company’s busi- that he nevertheless acts decisively: as head of
ness in Germany and six neighbouring countries. Germany, the economist (born in 1956) repaired
Thus, he is in charge of 3,900 Aral and BP petrol the poor brand. In the meantime, as president of
stations. As Chairman of the German Petroleum the Association of the German Automotive Indus-
Industry Association, the qualified engineer rep- try, he is responsible for the welfare of the entire
resents the interests of oil pipeline and refinery industry and has brought the abolition of car tariffs
operations in Germany. Benedikt Müller between the USA and the EU into play. Max Hägler
38 CHRISTIAN LINDNER His well-balanced polit- 41 ANGELA MERKEL She has been ruling Germany
ical account is what the FDP party leader stands since 2005: first as Chancellor of a grand coalition,
out for the most. On the credit side, he success- then as Chancellor of a rather small coalition with
fully reintroduced the Free Democrats back into the liberal FDP; since 2013, again as head of a grand
the Bundestag. On the debit side, he shied away coalition. From a reformer of domestic politics, she
from assuming governmental responsibility. has evolved to become Europe’s most important
Which is why he now sits in the Bundestag as a head of government: internationally respected by
faction leader and not as minister in the Ministry many, but also attacked by many on the Euro and
of Finance. Of course, having been born in 1979, the refugee crises. Claus Hulverscheidt
there is still plenty of time for Lindner to change
that. Cerstin Gammelin 42 HERMANN J. MERKENS His professional
career started in 1985 at Deutsche Bank Group.
39 MARIKA LULAY She is one of the few CEOs After holding a position at Deutsche Interhotel
among the 160 Dax-listed companies. Since 2017, Holding, he joined today’s Aareal Bank in 1999.
Marika Lulay has been head of the listed IT service Four years later he became a member of the
provider GFT Technologies from Stuttgart. The Management Board of the MDAX-listed property
computer scientist, born in 1963, also wants to financing specialist. He has been the Chairman
improve the reputation of programmers: “Without of the Management Board since 2015. Born in
IT, hospitals would not function.” Stefan Mayr 1966, he graduated from Berlin School of Eco-
nomics with a diploma in business administra-
tion. Andrea Rexer43 44 45
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43 INA MüLLER, born in 1965, grew up on a farm 46 CLAUDIA OTTO The lawyer from Frankfurt
and was a pharmacist before she made a career worked at a myriad of renowned law firms, including
for herself as a cabaret artist. Today, she drinks Linklaters, Clifford Chance and Hengeler Mueller,
celebrity guests under the table in her award-win- before setting up her own firm. She wanted to be
ning Hamburg talk show “Inas Nacht” (Ina’s Night) more than an advisor, she also wanted to do
and fills concert halls by singing Schlager music. research. The head of COT Legal law firm calls herself
She has also written several books, in Low German a digital lawyer and specialises in IT security, but
no less. Kristiana Ludwig mainly in blockchain and the related smart con-
tracts. She regards the blockchain hype somewhat
44 KLAUS MüLLER, 47, is the top consumer critically Ulrich Schäfer
watchdog in Germany. He has been in charge of the
Federation of German Consumer Organisations 47 JüRI RATAS once he said that it only takes 20
since 2014. The graduate economist had made a minutes at most to set up a company in Estonia.
career for himself in politics before He was a mem- The 39-year-old reigns a thoroughly digitised state
ber of the Bundestag for the Greens and spokes- in which practically all administrative procedures
man on financial policy for the parliamentary group. can be handled online. At the age of 23, he became
In 2000, he made the move to Schleswig-Holstein economic advisor in the town hall of his native
as Minister of Environment, Nature and Forestry. Tallinn, and at the age of 27, he became Lord
From 2006 to 2014, he was the Executive Director Mayor himself. From 2007, he was Vice-President
of the Consumer Protection Centre of the Federal of the Estonian Parliament. In his spare time, he
State North-Rhine Westphalia. Markus Balser plays basketball. Silke Bigalke
45 JULIAN NIDA-RüMELIN if you grow up in a 48 TILL REUTER When he joined KUKA AG in 2009,
Munich family of artists, the path is probably sket- the Augsburg based robot and plant manufacturing
ched out a little. Nida-Rümelin became a philoso- company was knee-deep in a crisis. Today, the CEO
pher and professor, worked in California, Beijing is regarded as a margin robot: he increased the
and St. Gallen and was Minister of State for Culture share price from 10 to 110 euros. In 2016, the Chi-
in Gerhard Schröder‘s first cabinet. Most recently, nese appliance manufacturer Midea took over the
he was very much concerned with the refugee cri- company. This was highly controversial politically
sis. “Thinking about borders” is the title of his but very successful from a business point of view:
book on the subject. What is at stake: a new this provides KUKA with free admission to the Chi-
“Ethics of Migration”. Thomas Fromm nese mega market. Stefan Mayr49 50 51
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49 STEPHAN SCHAMBACH Raised in the GDR, he 52 CHRISTOPH M. SCHMIDT born in 1962, went
is among the most successful German serial foun- to the States in the late 80s, worked for Angus
ders. The man from Jena established three popular Deaton, who would later win the Nobel Prize, and
companies, all related to e-commerce. In the late earned his Ph.D. from Princeton. As a specialist in
1990s, he got off to a flying start with Intershop on econometrics and labour market research, he was
the German Neuer Markt. He then moved to the USA, appointed professor in Heidelberg and later
founded Demandware and sold the company to moved to Bochum, where he still leads the RWI
Salesforce in 2016 for nearly three billion dollars. (Leibniz Institute for Economic Research) today.
For three years now, he has been growing NewStore As chairman of the German Council of Economic
in Boston and Berlin and is fully committed to shop- Experts, he has been the voice of regulatory rea-
ping on mobile devices. Ulrich Schäfer son since 2013. Jan Willmroth
50 ANDREAS SCHEUER, born in 1974, assumed 53 KARL MATTHäUS At the age of 25, he founded
office as Federal Minister of Transport and Digital his first bank, Germany’s first discount broker Con-
Infrastructure in Angela Merkel’s fourth cabinet this sors. Today, Karl Matthäus Schmidt, born in 1969,
March. Hailing from Passau, he already served as is CEO of Quirin Bank. The early affinity for money
Secretary General of the CSU and previously as Par- business is not a matter of chance. The Upper Fran-
liamentary Secretary of State at the Federal Ministry conian with his adopted home in Berlin is a banker
for Transport, Building and Urban Development. He in the sixth generation, a father of four and an occa-
joined the CSU in 1994. After rising to the top quickly sional Internet blogger. Uwe Ritzer
within the party, Scheuer was elected to the German
Bundestag for the first time in 2002. Nils Wischmeyer 54 OLAF SCHOLZ, born in 1958, assumed office as
Federal Minister of Finance in the fourth Merkel cab-
51 DOMINIK SCHIENER claims he has “no private inet this Spring. He knows the Chancellor from the
life”. Otherwise, the career of the young entrepre- period of 2007 to 2009 already, when he was Federal
neur would hardly have been possible. In early 2012, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs. Therebetween,
at the age of 16, he first heard about the crypto he reigned as the widely respected mayor of Hamburg.
currency Bitcoin. In 2015, he founded his own pay- In the aftermath of the riots at the G20 Summit 2017,
ment system IOTA, which is ranked the tenth largest his reputation took a bit of a hit, however. He is con-
digital currency in the world. Currently, Schiener is sidered a pragmatic SPD politician; for instance, he
working on a data marketplace with companies such assisted former Chancellor Schröder in implementing
as Telekom and Deutsche Bahn. Janis Beenen the controversial Hartz IV reforms. Harald Freiberger© Henning Schacht
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55 GüNTHER SCHUH The company founder com- 58 CHRISTIAN SEWING born in Bünde, West-
pleted his doctorate at RWTH Aachen University phalia, in 1970, he has been CEO of Deutsche
and habilitated himself at the University of St. Gal- Bank since 8 April. For several years, he had been
len. Here, he was Professor of Production Manage- a member of the management board of the finan-
ment until 2002. Eventually, he became Chair of cial institution. In Spring, however, he moved to
Production Engineering at RWTH Aachen University. the very top unexpectedly, after his predecessor
He sold his electric vehicle company Streetscooter John Cryan had to resign prematurely. Sewing
to Deutsche Post; he now builds compact electric has been working for Deutsche Bank for almost
cars with e.GO Mobile. Valentin Dornis thirty years. Meike Schreiber
56 JOCHEN SCHWEIZER He loves adventure: as 59 YI SUN A danger to some, a matchmaker
an extreme sportsman, stunt man, and entrepre- toothers, the 42 year-old regards herself “simply
neur. And he keeps his cool at all times. In his auto- as a deal maker”. yi Sun is head of the China
biographical book „Der perfekte Augenblick“ he team of the consulting firm Ey for Germany, Aus-
describes how, through setbacks he has learnt to tria and Switzerland. She identifies takeover
be resilient. His corporate group employs over 500 targets in Germany for Chinese investors. She
staff, sells adventure vouchers, invests in start-ups, has advised on most large and medium-sized
and since February 2017, operates an adventure transactions. Born in Shanghai, she studied Ger-
arena including artificial surf waves to the south of man, French, Japanese and English at an elite
Munich. As one of five “Lions” the native of Ettling boarding school. At the age of 20, she moved to
(born 1957) shaped the Vox channel’s business Germany. Elisabeth Dostert
founder show “Höhle der Löwen” over the course
of three years Ulrich Schäfer 60 GILLIAN TANS has been with Booking.com
since 2002. She was the first permanent
57 HORST SEEHOFER, born in 1949, was once in employee of the start-up company in Amster-
charge of the Berlin departments of agriculture and dam. The Dutch national made a career for her-
health as Federal Minister. In 2008, he left the self and has been the CEO of the company since
German capital to return to Munich as Minister the end of April 2016. The hotel-booking portal
President of Bavaria. Since March, he has been Booking.com is one of the most successful online
managing the mega department in Berlin, which companies with more than one million custom-
seems to be almost too big – even for someone as ers per day. Caspar Busse
experienced as Seehofer. Particularly since the
head of CSU is still busy acting as Chancellor
Angela Merkel’s strongest critic – especially when
it comes to migration. Cerstin Gammelin© Nils Thiels
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61 ACHIM WAMBACH Chairman of the Monopo-
lies Commission, which advises the Federal Govern-
ment on all matters competition, he initially studied
physics and mathematics and only later found his
way to economics. Wambach, born in 1968, was
professor of economics in Erlangen and Cologne,
and has been President of the Mannheim Centre
for European Economic Research (ZEW) since 2016.
He is also co-founder of a Munich consulting firm
Caspar Busse
62 JENS WEIDMANN Born in Solingen in 1968,
the President of the Bundesbank has a reserved
public demeanour but can be adamant when push
comes to shove. His colleagues in the Council of
the European Central Bank have had a taste of this
in recent years, as has the Federal German Govern-
ment. As a former business advisor to Angela
Merkel, he considered the ECB’s rescue measures
to be one step too far. Perhaps Weidmann’s job
will entail putting an end to the policy of easy
money. He is a potential successor to ECB’s Pres-
ident Mario Draghi, whose mandate will run out in
November 2019 Markus Zydra
63 MIRIAM WOHLFARTH is among the most
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2010, she founded RatePAy, offering instalment
payments in e-commerce. In May 2018, profits
reached the one million mark for the first time. As
a founder, Wohlfahrt has demonstrated how to
build a successful financial technology business
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