Background
Muhr was born in Bonn, North Rhine Westphalia.
Muhr was born in Bonn, North Rhine Westphalia.
He graduated from the Cologne Business School graduating in Business Administration. Muhr holds an Master of Science in Management from Handelshochschule Leipzig (HHL) and Instituto de Empresa (Individual Education).
As of 2012, he serves as senior vice president for Europe, Middle East and Africa (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) for and is an active investor and advisor in ventures in North America and Europe. After graduation Muhr spent two years of development work in microfinance in Namibia and Uganda. In December 2009, Muhr left ecareer and founded
, also referred to as International, was a European-based deal company co-founded by Muhr in the United Kingdom and ’s entry into Europe.
lieutenant was a startup funded by the Samwer brothers, Rocket Internet, and Holtzbrinck Ventures.
The company was acquired by in 2010, just five months after its launch. Although no confirmed figures were released of the deal, it was reported that the sale of was between $100M United States dollar and $300M United States dollar. At the time of acquisition, employed 600 people and had presence in 80 cities in 16 countries.
Muhr joined in 2010 at the time of the acquisition of He served as the Managing Director of United Kingdom. In 2011, ahead of ’s IPO, Muhr moved to the Chicago headquarters joining the executive management team around Andrew Mason and taking on the position as Senior Vice President Sales to spearhead growth in ’s North American business. Muhr served as the company’s Senior Vice President of Sales until September 2012 before he took on ’s International Business as SVP Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Under Muhr, North American revenues grew 81% year-over-year.