Background
He was born in Solingen in North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen). His father was an engineer, with three children.
entrepreneur chairman of the executive board
He was born in Solingen in North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen). His father was an engineer, with three children.
University of Cologne.
He went to the August-Dicke-Schule (named after August Dicke) in Solingen, one of four gymnasium schools (similar to selective grammar schools) in Solingen. He then did his Zivildienst - compulsory community work. Conscription in Germany finished in 2011.
He gained a degree in Business (Betriebswirtschaftslehre) from the University of Cologne (Universität zu Köln).
VIAG AG
He worked for VIAG in Munich from 1992. VIAG joined with VEBA (Düsseldorf) in 2000 to form Düsseldorf-headquartered East.ON. Deutsche Telekom AG
He joined Deutsche Telekom in 2000.
From 2006-2009 he worked on the T-Home brand, for internet DSL customers, and developed the Telekom Entertain (former T-Home Entertain) internet television service into a market leader. He joined the company"s Board of Directors on 5 December 2006.
On 1 March 2009 he became Finance Director of Deutsche Telekom.
He became Chief Executive of Deutsche Telekom on 1 January 2014.