Capital: |
€ 1.3 billion |
Age: |
60 |
Born: |
May 8, 1959 |
Country of origin: |
Germany |
Source of wealth: |
Entrepreneurs |
Last updated: |
2022 |
Short introduction
Carsten Maschmeyer is a monetary entrepreneur and writer from Germany and juror for the tv program “Die Höhle der Löwen”. He is the founder and proprietor of the Maschmeyer Group and invests in diverse industries.
Early existence
Carsten Jens Maschmeyer turned into born in Bremen in 1959 and grew up in Hildesheim in easy circumstances. As a teenager, he turned into a district teens champion in medium and long-distance running. In 1978 he graduated from excessive faculty and have become a soldier withinside the Bundeswehr for 2 years. There he labored as a reserve officer for the scientific service. In order in order to finance his next scientific research in Hanover, he labored on the equal time as his research in income on the monetary consulting company OVB Vermögensberatung, earlier than devoting himself full-time to monetary recommendation in 1982.
Career
At OVB Vermögensberatung he rose to the placement of local director at a completely younger age. He labored at OVB till 1987. In 1988 Carsten Maschmeyer hooked up impartial monetary recommendation for non-public families via way of means of becoming a member of DM 900,000 withinside the monetary institution AWD (General Business Service). The employer’s purpose turned into to recommend and act independently of banks and coverage businesses. He took over the bulk and the control of the employer. AWD efficiently entered the inventory trade in 2000. The difficulty charge turned into EUR fifty four in line with share, which generated proceeds of round EUR 500 million. The employer rose withinside the M-DAX and elevated into 11 countries. His employer grew quick and have become Europe’s biggest impartial monetary advisory service. The employer turned into lively in Austria, Switzerland, Great Britain and Central and Eastern Europe, amongst others. In 2007, Swiss Life, the biggest Swiss existence insurer, offered the whole employer for CHF 1.nine billion. During the takeover, the Maschmeyer own circle of relatives additionally bought their stocks in Swiss Life. Maschmeyer have become Co-CEO of Swiss Life in 2008. In 2009 Maschmeyer left the board of AWD and modified to the board of Swiss Life till 2001. In 2010, the entrepreneur, collectively with the previous economist Bert Rürup, based MaschmeyerRürup AG, which suggested coverage businesses, banks and governments on retirement and fitness care. Rürüp left in 2013 and the employer turned into liquidated. With his Alternative Strategic Investments GmbH (Alstin), he invests in businesses from diverse industries. With his seed & velocity ventures fund, he helps early-degree investments. All of Carsten Maschmeyer’s sports are suspended below the Maschmeyer Group. Maschmeyer is presently extensively concerned in a huge range of businesses, which includes HMNC Brain Health, nu3, Blacklane, barzahlen, orderbird, pflege.de, crealytics and Mobile Event Guide. Maschmeyer is an honorary senator from the Leibniz Universität Hannover and a contract lecturer on the International School of Management in Munich. Maschmeyer price range scholarships at each institutions.
Career highlights
In a latest look at of the quickest developing start-ups in Germany, his non-public fairness fund is the most effective one withinside the pinnacle 10 that has invested in businesses. Maschmeyer ranks 112th withinside the listing of the five hundred richest Germans. Maschmeyer has been one of the jurors and buyers because the 1/3 season of the VOX tv program “Die Höhle der Löwen” in 2016. In 2012 Maschmeyer released his ee-e book “Selfmade – Successful Living” at the German ee-e book market. His 2nd ee-e book “The Millionaire Formula – The Road to Financial Independence” accompanied in 2016.
Famous quotes
“For me there aren’t anyt any properly businesses, most effective properly entrepreneurs. If you’ve got got the proper ideas, you’ll additionally locate the proper answers to problems. ”
“To have matters that others don’t have, you need to do matters that others don’t.”
Success tips
“You don’t ought to be perfect, simply doing the proper matters is enough.”
“You don’t ought to see achievement to agree with in it, you need to agree with in achievement to peer it soon.”
“We make maximum of our development thru the revel in that teaches us to head backwards.”