Career
From March 1986 to November 1989, Klaus Luft was Chief Executive Officer of Nixdorf Computer AG, where he served for more than 17 years in a variety of executive positions in marketing, manufacturing, and finance. In 1999, Klaus Luft founded Artedona, an exclusive mail order e-commerce company, offering tableware and home décor products of well-known luxury brands. He is also owner and President of Munich-based MATCH — Market Access Services GmbH & Company
Knight of the Order of the Garter. From 1990 until 2010, Luft served as Vice Chairman and International Advisor to Goldman Sachs Europe Limited.
Luft is the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Estonia in the State of Bavaria. In March 2000, Klaus Luft established the Klaus Luft Foundation, which focuses on supporting young students’ causes in education, performing arts, and science, as well as partly contributing to other foundations with the same mission in Germany, India, Venezuela, and the United States.