He was born in Hamburg and studied in Göttingen, Lyon,
Berkeley and Munich, where he obtained a doctorate in economics, and
also followed the Technology Management Study Program of the Center for
Digital Technology and Management (CDTM) of LMU and TU Munich. In 2008
he became a board member of Suhrkamp and has been CEO of Suhrkamp since 2015.
He is member of the board of the CDTM-Alumni, member of the
foundation board of the Max Frisch Stiftung as well as a member of the
board of directors of the Peter Suhrkamp Stiftung. He lives in Berlin.