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Süddeutsche Zeitung
The 2014 Economic Summit
Rethinking the Economy – the Power of Innovation
November 27-29, 2014 at the Hotel Adlon, Berlin
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The Süddeutsche Zeitung Economic Summit
The Highlights
• Top speakers from Germany including the heads of six DAX companies,
a Federal Minister and the President of the German Federal Bank
• Keynote speeches from leading international politicians
• A podium featuring the heads of family-owned companies
and successful start-up founders
• Discussions with top international entrepreneurs from France,
Italy, the USA and the United Arab Emirates
• Gala evening with exciting guest speakers at the Hotel Adlon
• Night of the European Economy at the Museum for Communication
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Süddeutsche Zeitung
The Süddeutsche Zeitung Economic Summit
Dear ladies and gentlemen,
I warmly invite you to attend the „Süddeutsche
Zeitung’s Economic Summit“, Germany’s major
economic congress, which this year is being
held for the eight time from November 27-29.
Once again we will be convening at the Hotel
Adlon in Berlin with an expected attendance of
300 representatives from business and politics.
Our theme this year is: „Rethinking the Economy: The Power of Innovation“, in other words,
the motor force of successful business: the
courage to change, the courage to embrace the
new. The digital revolution is bringing about widespread change: in our work, our actions, our
cooperation, our decision making paths, our entire life. As editor-in-chief of a newspaper which
is also facing up to these changes, actively working to shape them, I know what I am talking
about.
However, what does the digital revolution mean
for your company? How is it changing the economy as a whole? And what policy framework
are governments providing? These are the issues we want to discuss with you – together with
more than 30 prominent speakers from Germany, Italy, France and the USA, with heads of cor-
Kurt Kister
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Editorial
Rethinking
the Economy:
The Power of
Innovation
porations and family-owned companies, startup founders and leading politicians.
Speakers at the „Süddeutsche Zeitung’s Economic Summit“ will include the President of the
Eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble, President of the Federal
Bank Jens Weidmann and the new head of the
DGB Reiner Hoffman. We have also received
confirmation from top managers such as Joe
Kaeser (Siemens), Carsten Spohr (Lufthansa),
Martin Blessing (Commerzbank), Peter Terium
(RWE), Rupert Stadler (Audi), Olaf Koch (Metro),
Christophe de Margerie (Total), Mario Moretti
Polegato (Geox) and the head of Google Germany Philipp Justus. Furthermore, this year’s
congress will see more women on the podium
than ever, including the book retailer Nina Hugendubel, the head of Gruner+Jahr Julia Jäkel, the
neuroscientist Tania Singer, and Emma Marcegaglia, the President of the European industry
association Business Europe.
On the following pages you will find out more
about our exciting, three-day programme. For
the first time it is now possible to book attendance at the congress for just one day – should
your schedule be too busy for a longer visit.
Further speakers will be added. To keep up to
date simply take a regular look at our website
www.sz-wirtschaftsgipfel.de where you can
subscribe to our newsletter.
The Süddeutsche Zeitung has set itself the goal
of providing you, our readers and friends, with
information, background material, and analysis
that you will find nowhere else. We also pursue
this goal with the Economic Summit in Berlin.
As editor-in-chief I look forward to greeting you
in Berlin.
The Süddeutsche Zeitung Economic Summit
Germany’s Major
Economic Summit:
Meet the Most Important
Entrepreneurs and Politicians
The Süddeutsche Zeitung Economic Summit
A Compact Three-Day
Event in the Capital:
Discuss the Issues that
Move the Economy
The Süddeutsche Zeitung Economic Summit
More than a Congress:
Enjoy Exclusive Evenings
at Special Locations
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Programme
Wednesday
November 26, 2014
17.00
From 19.00
Registration of participants at the Hotel Adlon
(also possible at any time throughout the congress)
Pre-congress reception
Get-together and congress warm-up for early arrivals
in the Hotel Adlon’s Wintergarten
Dresscode: Business
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Thursday
November 27, 2014
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11.00
Welcome
Kurt Kister / Süddeutsche Zeitung
11.10
Opening speech
followed by discussion
Jean-Claude Juncker /
Designated President
of the EU Commission *
11.50
Introduction to the congress
Why Innovation is so Important
Marc Beise, Ulrich Schäfer /
Süddeutsche Zeitung
12.00
Panel 1:
Greater Innovation, Speed and Digitalisation –
is the USA Leaving Europe Behind?
13.00
Lunch break
14.30
Panel 2:
The Economy 4.0 – How Digitalisation is
Changing Every Company
Tim Clark / Emirates
Ulrich Grillo / BDI
Emma Marcegaglia /
• Why is the European economy’s recovery so slow? Business Europe
Christophe de Margerie / Total
• What do the Americans do better?
Martin H. Richenhagen / AGCO
• Is our industry slowly bleeding to death?
• What must business and politics do to make
­Europe more innovative?
• How virtual are the companies of the future?
• What revolution will the Internet of things
bring about?
• What does the digital revolution mean for
classical industry?
• Do companies and employees have to be
even more flexible in the digital age?
15.30
Cross-examination:
Change of Management – What Does it Mean
for a Company? And What Does it Mean for the
Newcomers?
16.15
Coffee Break
Frank Briegmann /
Universal Music International
Karl Haeusgen /
HAWE Hydraulik
Reiner Hoffmann / DGB
Carsten Spohr / Lufthansa
16.45
Panel 3:
Unleashing Creativity – the Culture of Innovation
• How do companies create room for new ideas?
• Does innovation come from above or below?
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hat is to be done when innovative forces encounter resistance?
• What can we learn from other countries?
Where are they better?
17.45
End of the first day of the congress
19.30
Reception in the ballroom foyer
20.00
Gala dinner and talk round
with guests from culture, sport and science
in the ballroom of the Hotel Adlon
Dresscode: Business
Benoît Battistelli /
President of the European
Patent Office
Saskia Biskup / Cegat; r­ ecipient
of the EU Commission’s Women
Innovators prize 2014
Roland Berger / Roland Berger
Strategy Consultants
Mario Moretti Polegato / Geox
Julia Stoschek /
art collector and patron
Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo /
clinic director and therapeutic
fasting expert
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Friday
November 28, 2014
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 9.00
Keynote speech followed by discussion:
The Women’s Quota – What Does it Bring?
Manuela Schwesig /
Federal Family Minister *
 9.40
Panel 4:
Trade 4.0 – How the Internet is Changing Business
• S
tationary trade and online shopping – who
wins?
• How much advice do customers still need?
• H
ow can retailers use information about their
customers?
• T o what extent does the smartphone shape the
shopping of the future?
Julia Bösch / Outfittery
Thorsten Dirks / Telefónica Nina Hugendubel /
H. Hugendubel
Olaf Koch / Metro
10.40
Coffee break
11.10
Panel 5:
Change Management – the Art of Leadership
• I nitiating change – how does it work?
• O
vercoming the crisis – how does one create
new models?
• Convincing employees - what is required?
• Management as role model – what is important?
Paul Achleitner / Deutsche Bank
Verena Delius / Fox & Sheep
Heinrich Hiesinger /
Thyssen-Krupp
Julia Jäkel / Gruner+Jahr
12.10
Cross Examination
How safe is our money?
Jens Weidmann /
German Federal Bank
12.50
Lunch break
14.15
Keynote speech followed by discussion:
Tax, Debt, Euro – What Next?
Wolfgang Schäuble /
Federal Minister of Finance
14.55
Panel 6:
People Instead of Markets – Do we Need an
­Economic Rethink?
• H
ave we believed in the perfect market for
too long?
• D
o we really act as rationally as economists
have always claimed?
• W
hat do the new economic models look like –
and what does this mean for the economy and
businesses?
• W
hat can we learn from the financial crisis?
15.55
Coffee Break
16.15
Panel 7:
The Networked Car
• What does the car of the future look like?
• Google and the car industry – who has the
better concepts?
• T he car as digital data centre – what does
this mean?
• T he transparent car driver – what legal
­problems are there?
17.20
End of the second day of the congress
19.30
The Night of the European Economy
at the Museum for Communication with a dinner
speech from a leading politician
(last year: the Italian Prime Minister
Enrico Letta; in past years: Peer Steinbrück,
Valery Giscard d’Estaing)
Dresscode: Business
Jörg Asmussen /
Federal Ministry of
­Employment
Wolf Schumacher /
Aareal Bank
Tania Singer /
Max-Planck Institute for
Human Cognitive and Brain
Sciences
Dennis Snower /
Institute for the World
Economy
Philipp Justus /
Google Germany
Bernd Mattes /
Ford Germany
Daniela Mielchen /
Lawyer for traffic law
Rupert Stadler / Audi
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Saturday
November 29, 2014
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 9.30
Keynote speech followed by discussion:
How Innovative are Central Banks Allowed to Be?
Sabine Lautenschläger /
ECB
10.10
Panel 8:
Banking 4.0 – What Changes Does it Face in
the Digital Age? And What Does this Mean for
­Companies?
• Do we still need banks with their own branches?
• Will corporate loans also be granted over the
Internet in future?
• How must banks change their processes?
• What do companies expect from their credit
institute?
Martin Blessing /
Commerzbank
Christian Grobe / Zencap
Baudouin Prot / BNP Paribas
Martin Reitz / Rothschild
11.10
Coffee Break
11.40
Panel 9:
Where is the Energy Turnaround Going?
• Who wins – and who loses?
• Are the energy providers really ready to change?
• T he energy turnaround – an innovation driver?
• What do the global crises mean for our energy
supply?
Oliver Hermes / WILO
Peter Terium / RWE
Joe Kaeser / Siemens
12.40
Keynote speech followed by discussion:
When Will Europe Escape the Debt Crisis?
Jeroen Dijsselbloem /
President of the Eurogroup
13.20
Summary of the Congress: The Most Important
Lessons for Innovative Companies
Marc Beise, Ulrich Schäfer /
Süddeutsche Zeitung
13.30
Closing lunch
* to be confirmed
The programme is subject to changes and additions.
Information on the confirmation of further speakers can be found on the website www.sz-wirtschaftsgipfel.de
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Congress moderators
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1 MARC BEISE, born in 1959 in Mainz, has
been working for „Süddeutsche Zeitung“’ since
1999. He joined the newspaper as deputy business editor and in 2007 went on to be chief
editor of this department, together with Ulrich
­Schäfer. He started his career as a journalist
at the „­Offenbach-Post“, where he was last
responsible for politics, economics and news
topics. After this, he worked as chief business
editor of the „Handelsblatt“. He studied law
and economics at Frankfurt, Lausanne and Tübingen and wrote his PhD thesis on the World
Trade Organisation. He has published four
books: „Deutschland – falsch regiert?“ (2006),
„Ausplünderung der Mittelschicht” (2009),
„Viel Geld haben“ (2010), „Lang lebe der Euro!“
(2012).
2 KURT KISTER, born in 1957 in Dachau, has
been working for SZ for more than 30 ­years first
in the Dachau editorial office and then, after graduating from the German Journalists College,
as reporter for security and defence in home
affairs, as „Page 3“ editor, as correspondent in
Washington and as chief foreign affairs editor.
In 1998, he was appointed managing editor of
the main German office, first in Bonn, and later
in Berlin. In 2005 he was promoted to deputy
chief editor and in 2011 to editor-in-chief. He
studied history, politics and communication
and has been awarded the Henri-Nannen Prize
and the Wächter Prize.
3 ULRICH SCHÄFER, born in 1967 in Telgte, has been working for SZ since 2003,
­originally as deputy editor of the parliamentary office in Berlin. From 2007 to 2010 he
was head of the economics department, together with Marc Beise, and went on to become managing editor of SZ’s twelve regional
editions. Since May 2013 he has again been
chief business editor. He commenced his
career as a journalist at the „Münstersche
Zeitung“, and later worked for the „SPIEGEL“
magazine as business editor. He studied economics in Münster and has published two
books: „Der Crash des Kapitalismus“ (2008
and „Der Angriff – Wie der islamistische
­Terror unseren Wohlstand sprengt“ (2011).
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1 Paul Achleitner Austrians are often said
to have strong diplomatic skills, and as Chairman of the Deutsche Bank’s Supervisory Board
he could certainly use them. After all, the financial institution has an array of sensitive issues
to resolve. Before transferring to the Deutsche
Bank in 2012 he was Chief Financial Officer of
the insurers Allianz and head of the US investment bank Goldman Sachs in Germany.
Andrea Rexer
4 Roland Berger born 1937 in Berlin, is
one of the best known figures in the German
business world. The name of this talented networker has become a brand. As a student, he
started up a laundry in Munich. He learned the
ropes as a consultant in Milan and eventually
became Germany’s leading light in this field. His
eloquent manner and distinguished appearance
make him a popular guest at parties and TV talk
shows. Karl-Heinz Büschemann
2 Jörg Asmussen Born 1966, Jörg Asmussen is responsible for International and European Relations at the ECB and never misses a
major Eurozone summit. He and ECB President,
Mario Draghi, represent the increased power of
the currency protectors after the financial crisis. Although a member of the SPD, Wolfgang
Schäuble (CDU)appointed him as state secretary in 2009. Before this, he held top positions
under three SPD Ministers.
Markus Zydra
5 Saskia Biskup In 2009 the double doctor
of medicine, bioinformatics specialist and excellent tennis player decided to take the expensive,
high speed gene analysis out of the universities
and put it into practice: She founded the company Cegat, which examines dozens of genes in parallel, enabling rapid, tailor-made therapies, for
example for tumours. She now has a staff of 60
and has been awarded the EU Commission’s Women Innovators Prize. Max Hägler
3 Benoît Battistelli He is French, however he has lived in Munich since 2010 where
he heads the European Patent Office, an agency with 7,000 patent examiners. His career is
typically French: attending the elite ENA school
before rising to become a top official for foreign
affairs and ministerial administration. His last
post was as head of the French Patent Office.
Ulrich Schäfer
6 MARtin Blessing Born into a banking
family in Bremen in 1963, the business administrator and Commerzbank CEO began his
career at the consulting firm McKinsey. A member of the Board of Directors since 2001, he
was made chairman in 2009. During the financial crisis he helped steer the state supported Commerzbank back onto a safe course.
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7 Julia Bösch While still at school she
knew that she would found her own company
one day. Nevertheless, following her studies
in Munich she initially took a job at Zalando.
On her first day at work for the online retailer
she met her business partner – and two years
later they set out to conquer the male dominated world. The two women now head Outfittery, a digital assistant for reluctant shoppers.
Varinia Bernau
10 Verena Delius likes to laugh – especially
about her own jokes, she admits. But she is just
as outspoken about things that are not so funny.
For example about the question of why there are
so few start-ups in Germany. She herself has
founded several companies since quitting her
job at the „Munich Re“ insurance group. She
is now managing director and founder of „Fox
& Sheep“, a company providing family-friendly
apps and online games.
Varinia Bernau
8 Frank Briegmann originates from Westphalia and studied in Münster. He started his career at Bertelsmann before becoming the youngest CEO of a major label in Germany in 2004,
at the tender age of 36. He is now Chairman
and CEO of Universal Music Deutschland. With
headquarters in Berlin, the company markets
not only international stars, but also popular
German artists such as „Sportfreunde Stiller“
and Helene Fischer. Ulrich Schäfer
11 Jeroen Dijsselbloem In 2013, when Wolfgang Schäuble, the Federal Minister of Finance,
announced the social democrat as his candidate
of choice for president of the Eurogroup, there
was much consternation. However, the Dutchman
born in Eindhoven in 1966, quickly dispelled any
doubts. Well structured and with an emphasis on
results, he has successfully led the meetings of
the finance ministers from the 18 Euro countries.
Cerstin Gammelin
9 Tim Clark A member of the Emirates’
­founding team, he is now one of the most powerful men in the airline industry. His words carry
weight, after all, since becoming acting head of
Emirates in 2003 he has ordered over 90 Airbus
A380s, and is also one of Boeing’s most important customers. His airline has even unsettled
Lufthansa to the extent that they have advocated removing Emirates’ air traffic rights.
Jens Flottau
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13 Ulrich Grillo sat next to Barack Obama as the US President dined with the German
Chancellor. The industrialist (zinc and chemicals) and new head of the Federation of German
Industries (BDI) stands out in a crowd with his
slim figure and perfect styling. He shies no
conflict (from property tax to the turnaround in
energy policy) and does not mince his words on
these subjects. This man is tailor-made for his
present office.
Thomas Öchsner
16 Oliver HErmes A partner at the auditors
KPMG he subsequently switched to industry –
to WILO, a major medium-sized company specialising in energy efficient pumps. Chief financial
officer for four years, he has headed the company with its circa 7,000 employees since 2010.
His goal: the continued international expansion
of Dortmund-based WILO with its presence in
over 70 countries worldwide
Ulrich Schäfer
14 Christian Grobe He started his career as
a project manager for McKinsey, the consulting
company that has produced droves of managers
for other companies. Since spring 2014 he has
worked for the startup Zencap, a company providing a credit marketplace for medium-sized
companies, mediating between numerous financiers and small and medium-sized businesses in
search of a loan. Behind Zencap is the Samwer
brothers’ Internet holding Rocket. Ulrich Schäfer
17 Heinrich Hiesinger In 2011, as head of
Thyseen-Krupp, he took on one of the most
difficult tasks in German industry. The doctor
of engineering prescribed the concern a thoroughgoing cultural transformation, drawing
inspiration from his former employer Siemens,
where the father of four rose to the Corporate
Executive Committee within the space of 15 years, finishing as head of the industrial division.
Kirsten Bialdiga
15 Karl Haeusgen His company produces
hydraulic components, as used – but not exclusively – in semi-automatic camel washing
facilities. However, the man is capable of more
than one would expect from a mechanical engineering entrepreneur. He can also recite poems,
having inherited his passion for literature from
his mother who founded the Lyrik-Kabinett in
Munich.
Elisabeth Dostert
18 REINER HofFmann His father was a bricklayer, his mother a cleaning lady. He rose from
being an apprentice at Hoechst via second-chance
education to become the new head of the German
Trade Union Confederation (DGB). A model curriculum vitae for a worker’s leader. However, the
SPD member hasn’t succumbed to black and white
thinking. The economist wants to recruit more
high earners to the trade unions – a long road,
even for a long distance runner. Thomas Öchsner
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19 Nina Hugendubel She visits one of her
shops at least once per week, checking the product range, the presentation, and talking to customers. Together with her brother Maximilian,
the trained bookseller has run one of Germany’s
largest bookstore chains since 2005. Not an
easy task at a time when Internet retailing and
the increasing attractiveness of e-books are
making life increasingly difficult for the classic
book trade. Caspar Busse
22 Joe Kaeser is Chief Executive Officer of
Siemens since the beginning of August 2013.
The 56 year old, who grew up in the Bavarian
Forest as Josef Käser, started work for the Munichbased concern in 1980 and quickly made a
career. He was appointed Chief Financial Officer
in 2006, and thus the most powerful man behind the scenes. With the surprise fall of Peter
Löscher, Kaeser was appointed his successor by
the Supervisory Board. Caspar Busse
20 Julia Jäkel Since taking over the Executive
Committee of Gruner+Jahr, the 42 year old has reorganised Europe’s largest magazine publishers
– streamlining across the board: With the exception of Capital the financial magazines have been
sold and the majority of the Munich-based titles
transferred to the headquarters. Hard decisions
which have not just earned her applause. As the
native of Hamburg once stated, executives must
„crave responsibility“. Kristina Läsker
23 Olaf Koch On taking over Metro in 2012 at
the age of 41 he was the youngest head of a Dax
concern. At Daimler, where the graduate business administrator began his career in 1994,
he rose to the Mercedes Car Group’s Executive
Committee by the age of 32. From 2007, at the
financial investors Permira, he took a first close
look at trading issues, and two years later the
father of three switched to Metro – initially as
Chief Financial Officer.
Kirsten Bialdiga
21 Philipp Justus His job is to explain to
businesses which terms people type into search
engines – and how to insert adverts around
them. He is responsible for the Google Internet
company’s business in the German-speaking
world – and that is based above all on advertising. He joined Google in June 2013 from the
online marketing company Zanox, having previously worked for the online marketplace eBay
for ten years.
Varinia Bernau
24 Sabine Lautenschläger As Director of
the European Central Bank the jurist is responsible for the establishment of the new European
banking regulator. The 50 year old knows a lot
about this, having begun her career in 1995 at
Germany’s former financial regulation institute
Bafin. In 2011 she took on the post of Vice President of the German Federal Bank and in 2014 she
joined the ECB. Sabine Lautenschläger is married
with one daughter. Alexandra Rexer
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25 Emma Marcegaglia Emma Marcegaglia was chosen by the Financial Times as one
of the Top 50 Women in World Business in
2010, not just due to the fact that the daughter of a steel manufacturer from Northern Italy
was head of the Italian Employers Federation
­„Confindustria“ at the time, but also because
she puts her fame to good use, making frequent
appearances on Italian television, and having a
strong say in Italian politics. Thomas Fromm
28 Daniela Mielchen A lawyer for traffic
law in Hamburg and an expert for legal issues
around the theme of the „networked car“, she
sounds a note of caution with respect to the rapid technological developments. Above all she
sees a need for greater regulative control in the
area of data collection – what data is it permissible to collect and who ultimately has access to
this sensitive material.
Thomas Fromm
26 Christophe de Margerie has held the
dual position of Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of the French oil company „TOTAL“ since
2010. The man with the eye-catching moustache
is related to the „Taittinger“ champagne dynasty,
but has worked for TOTAL since his graduation
in 1974. He is one of the fifteen French company
heads who at the end of 2011 said they would be
prepared to pay higher taxes.
Michael Kläsgen
29 Mario Moretti Polegato Polegato had
his future carved out for him when he was born in
Veneto, Italy in 1952: his family was in the wine
business. Then, one hot day, on a trip to the USA,
he cut holes in his shoes to air them – and „Geox“
was born. He tried to sell his idea of shoes with
soles that could „breathe“ to various shoe manufacturers. They were not interested, so in 1995
he founded his own shoe company, which went
public in 2004.
Thomas Fromm
27 Bernhard Mattes Anyone whose father
is manager at VW and was born in Wolfsburg
is predestined for a career in the mobility field.
After obtaining a degree in economics, Bernhard Mattes started to work at BMW in 1982. 17
years later he moved to Ford in Cologne, where
he was initially responsible for Marketing and
Sales. He has been Chairman, Ford of Germany
since 2002. Mr. Mattes, father of 2 daughters, is
a loyal fan of 1. FC Köln.
Thomas Fromm
30 Baudouin Prot has been Chairman of
the Board of Directors of BNP Paribas since December 2011, and before that was CEO of this
French banking group. Discrete, unobtrusive
but forceful and with an analytical mind – this
is how France’s probably most influential banker
appears in public. He has pressed ahead with
his bank’s expansion in Europe and would like
to bolster its influence in Germany, too.
Michael Kläsgen
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31 Martin Reitz At first glance, one may take
him for reserved, but the first impression is deceptive: there is hardly another banker in Frankfurt
who is able to formulate his ideas as clearly and
analytically, razor sharp, when talking about the
financial industry. Martin Reitz studied at the elite
university of Stanford among others and earned a
PhD on the subject of game theory. Since 2009, he
has headed the privatebank of Rothschild steeped
in tradition in Germany.
Alexandra Rexer
34 WOLF SCHUMACHER started his career in
Munich at the „Bayerische Hypotheken- und
Wechselbank“, later merged into the „HypoVereinsbank“. He remained true to the savings
bank sector, becoming chairman of „Deutsche
Genossenschafts-Hypothekenbank“ and deputy
chairman of VR Immobilien AG. Since 2005 he
has been CEO of Aareal Bank – and is proud that
the international property specialist survived the
financial crisis so well. Ulrich Schäfer
32 Martin H. Richenhagen does not mince
his words, and if need be, will even criticise the
President of the USA. The head of US agricultural equipment concern „AGCO“ , which includes
German tractor manufacturer „Fendt“, is of the
opinion that Barack Obama „doesn’t understand much about the economy“. Mr. Richenhagen, who was born in Cologne in 1952 meets
Obama every now and then and is one of the few
Germans to head a US company. Silvia Liebrich
35 Tania Singer She is actually a neuroscientist and works as Director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in
Leipzig. However, she has always taken an interest in other sciences – and most recently in the
economy. Together with the economist Dennis
Snower who she met at the World Economic Forum in Davos, she has explored new approaches
to the economic sciences.
Ulrich Schäfer
33 Wolfgang Schäuble He headed the Chancellery and was Federal Minister for the Interior,
was Chairman of the CDU and chief negotiator
for the Unification Treaty with the GDR. He could
have been Chancellor, even Federal President,
but it wasn’t to be. Then, after four decades in
the Federal Parliament – longer than anyone else
– Angela Merkel appointed him Finance Minister.
Since then he has been a passionate defender of
the Euro. Ulrich Schäfer
36 Dennis Snower The quintessential bridge
builder, the American has been at the forefront of
promoting networked thinking between the disciplines in Kiel. His credo: „The individual must be
at the centre of the activities of the economic sciences.“ That is why the economist, born in 1950,
has formed alliances with psychologists, neuroscientists and climate researchers. President of the
Institute for the World Economy since 2004 and
hobby poet.
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37 Carsten Spohr The favourite to succeed
Christoph Franz as head of Lufthansa, he had
to wait around six months before the supervisory board finally made their decision. In office
since May 2014, he now has to prove that he
is quicker than his overseers and capable of
reforming Lufthansa – which includes finding
an answer to the growing competition from the
Arab region.
Jens Flottau
40 Peter Terium is a great music fan and has
been CEO of Germany’s second-largest energy
company, RWE, since mid-2012. Asked what music Germany’s energy turnaround is playing at
the moment, the native Dutchman replied „The
debate reminds me of the modern sounds of
Arnold Schönberg. The composer invented the
music himself – with a concept that is neither
sharp nor flat“. His conclusion: „Very trying on
the nerves“.
Markus Balser
38 Rupert Stadler Sooner or later his predecessors at the top of Audi went on to head
VW – for example Ferdinand Piech and Martin
Winterkorn. Whether the native of Upper Bavaria also feels the pull of Wolfsburg? The youthful manager, son of a farmer from the district of
Eichstätt, prefers a good cigar and discussing
how he will turn the Ingolstadt-based car maker
into the world’s most successful premium manufacturer. Thomas Fromm
41 FranÇoise Wilhelmi de Toledo She
loves to eat – however, she likes fasting almost
as much, which is why she has made a career
out of it, or more precisely, therapeutic fasting.
Together with her husband she runs two clinics, one in Überlingen and one in Marbella in
Spain, offering patients new approaches through
therapeutic fasting and integrative medicine.
­Buchinger-Wilhelmi is a successful family-owned
company in the fourth generation. Ulrich Schäfer
39 Julia Stoschek She originates from a family of entrepreneurs and is a shareholder in the
automotive supplier Brose. However, she never
wanted to be just an heiress. The business administration graduate did her own thing, with passion. She collects media art exhibiting them in
a listed factory building in Düsseldorf. She had
to fight for the respect of the art scene, precisely
because she is an heiress – a battle she has long
since won. Elisabeth Dostert
42 Jens Weidmann In public, the Bundesbank
President – born in Solingen in 1968 – seems
rather reserved, but Jens Weidmann can be uncompromising in his job. Both his colleagues in
the Governing Council of the ECB and the German government have first-hand experience of
this. Weidmann, who formerly advised Angela
Merkel on economic matters, would like to curtail both ECB bail-out measures and government
borrowing. Markus Zydra
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Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, founded in 1967, is one of the
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Our 2,700 employees operate successfully in 51 offices in 36 countries. Roland Berger advises leading industrial concerns and service
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With more than 25 million customer
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Listed on the Frankfurt stock exchange since 2012,
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In addition to the core brand O2, Telefónica in Germany also operates high profile secondary and partner
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