Awards & Recognition
★Media Man of the Year 2011
★Harvard Business Review Top 100 CEOs worldwide (2016-2017)
★German Manager Magazine CEO with best stock performance (2017)
Notable Facts
→Former CEO of ProSiebenSat.1 Media (2009-2018) and Novartis Pharmaceuticals (2000-2007)
→Increased ProSiebenSat.1 share value from 0.80 to over 50 Euros and brought company into DAX index
→Doubled Novartis pharmaceutical revenues from $11B to $22.6B under his leadership
→Currently serves as Chairman of Advisory Committee at Galderma and multiple board positions
→Psychology degree from University of Hamburg
→Pioneered diversification strategy using advertising space for equity in startups