Capital: € 1.three billion
Age: 60
Born: May 8, 1959
Country of origin: Germany
Source of wealth: Entrepreneurs
Last updated: 2023
Short introduction
Carsten Maschmeyer is a economic entrepreneur and creator 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 became born in Bremen in 1959 and grew up in Hildesheim in easy circumstances. As a teenager, he became a district teens champion in medium and long-distance running. In 1978 he graduated from excessive college and have become a soldier withinside the Bundeswehr for 2 years. There he labored as a reserve officer for the clinical service. In order in order to finance his next clinical research in Hanover, he labored on the equal time as his research in income on the economic consulting company OVB Vermögensberatung, earlier than devoting himself full-time to economic recommendation in 1982.
Career
At OVB Vermögensberatung he rose to the placement of local director at a totally younger age. He labored at OVB till 1987. In 1988 Carsten Maschmeyer hooked up impartial economic recommendation for non-public families through becoming a member of DM 900,000 withinside the economic organization AWD (General Business Service). The enterprise`s intention became to recommend and act independently of banks and coverage agencies. He took over the bulk and the control of the enterprise.
AWD effectively entered the inventory alternate in 2000. The problem fee became EUR fifty four in step with share, which generated proceeds of round EUR 500 million. The enterprise rose withinside the M-DAX and accelerated into 11 countries. His enterprise grew fast and have become Europe`s biggest impartial economic advisory service. The enterprise became lively in Austria, Switzerland, Great Britain and Central and Eastern Europe, amongst others. In 2007, Swiss Life, the biggest Swiss existence insurer, offered the complete enterprise for CHF 1.nine billion.
During the takeover, the Maschmeyer own circle of relatives additionally offered 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 cautioned coverage agencies, banks and governments on retirement and fitness care.
Rürüp left in 2013 and the enterprise became liquidated. With his Alternative Strategic Investments GmbH (Alstin), he invests in agencies from diverse industries. With his seed & velocity ventures fund, he helps early-level investments. All of Carsten Maschmeyer`s sports are suspended beneathneath the Maschmeyer Group. Maschmeyer is presently notably worried in a massive range of agencies, together with 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 examine 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 agencies. 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” observed in 2016.
Famous quotes
- “For me there aren’t anyt any correct agencies, most effective correct entrepreneurs. If you’ve got got the proper ideas, you may additionally discover 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 must be perfect, simply doing the proper matters is enough.”
- “You don`t must see fulfillment to consider in it, you need to consider in fulfillment to look it soon.”
- “We make maximum of our development via the enjoy that teaches us to head backwards.”