
Dr. Cornelius Boersch
Founder Mountain Partners
“Conny” Boersch is the founder of Mountain Partners. He is an entrepreneur since 1990 and the founder of ACG, a leading company in the smartcard and RFID market.

Dr. Guido Westerwelle
Chairman of Westerwelle Foundation and former Vice Chancellor of Germany
Guido Westerwelle was the German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs from October 2009 to December 2013. In December 2013 he founded the Westerwelle Foundation for International Understanding.

Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Sinn
Professor of Economics and Public Finance at University of Munich
Hans-Werner Sinn is Professor of Economics and Public Finance at the University of Munich, President of the Ifo Institute, Director of the University of Munich’s Center for Economic Studies, and Director of CESifo.

Dr. Gregor Gysi
Chairman DIE LINKE, Opposition Leader of the German Parliament
Dr. Gregor Florian Gysi is an attorney and politician of the German left wing political party Die Linke.

Rudolf Franz
COO of voxeljet
Rudolf Franz was born in 1967 in Friedberg/Bavaria, Germany, has served as voxeljet AG Chief Financial Officer since 2013.

Stefan Gabriel
Private Investor and former President of 3M New Ventures
Stefan Gabriel as President 3M New Ventures, founded and is in charge of 3M’s global Corporate Venture to “invest in technologies that lead into new territory and reinfect 3M with an innovation virus”.

Jason Hart
Identiv, CEO
Jason Hart was appointed chief executive officer and a director of Identiv in September 2013. He is a 25-year veteran of the technology industry with a substantial track record of innovation and success, including more than 20 years leading security companies.

Kolja Spöri
Extreme World Traveler, Adventurer and Author
Kolja Spöri (*1969) is a Formula 1-manager, investor, lecturer, adventurer and author. Raised in Istanbul, Madrid and Astana by his German parents in the Foreign Service, he graduated with an MBA from Goethe-University Frankfurt and started work as Head of Sponsoring for Hugo Boss AG.

Patric Heizmann
Fitness and Nutrition Expert
Patric Heizmann is a nutrition- and fitnesscoach as well as personal trainer. He is a bestselling author in Germany and has been named as a ‘master of motivation’ in the press.

Thomas Hessler
Founder of ZANOX and Globumbus
Thomas is serial entrepreneur and angel investor focussing on crowdsourcing businesses. Together with his two partners Heiko Rauch and Jens Hewald, Thomas is running UFOstart, the first “Crowd Investor Network” for lean startups.

Thomas Ebeling
CEO of ProSiebenSat.1
Thomas Ebeling is CEO of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG. The psychology graduate started his career at Reemtsma in 1987 and was responsible, among other things, as the Product Manager for the “West” brand.

Marc Sluszny
Extreme Athlete, Adventurer and Author
Marc Sluszny ( born in Antwerp, February 1, 1962 ) is an adventurer, sportsman and author.

Nicolai Friedrich
Magician and Mentalist
He was fascinated by magic since he was a little child. Already in 1997 he was elected magician oft he year by the the magic circle of Germany.