Cherry Founding Partner and Forbes Midas Lister Christian learned the ins and outs of entrepreneurship early, helping out on the family farm (harvesting, among other things – you guessed it – cherries).

His entrepreneurial drive took him to four continents with studies in Germany, the US and Brazil, and companies such as Boston Consulting Group. This was all before he joined the founding team of Zalando as CMO, bringing the company from very small revenues to over 2 billion € revenues at IPO, spending 250M€ on marketing per year. In parallel, he built out and launched the brand in 15 European markets, which set the fundamentals for his big passion for brands.

To-the-point and always on the founder’s side, Christian truly epitomises Cherry’s “founders first” ethos. His cut-to-the-chase approach brings results, as proven by, among other success stories, one of Germany’s largest tech exits — flaschenpost’s $1 billion exit to Dr. Oetker.

Christian focuses both on B2B software and consumer, and loves founders with global ambitions and a fast growth mindset. Christian led our investments in Flix, Forto, tacto, Qualifyze, buycycle, and many more.

Outside of Cherry, Christian is a frequent guest lecturer at his alma mater WHU and CDTM Munich. Christian resides in Berlin, Germany with his family of five (and his beloved bike).