Speaker : Marcel Reichart

Managing Director Marketing and Communications, Hubert Burda Media
Blog : Marcel Reichart Blog

Dr. Marcel Reichart (1972, Germany) studied corporate management, political science and history in Koblenz (WHU), Lyon, Washington D.C. and Rome. During his doctorate (Stuttgart University) he acted as personal advisor to former German Federal Minister of Economy Dr. Otto Graf Lambsdorff and as a consultant, amongst others, for Roland Oetker. In 2000, Dr. Reichart co-built the European media incubator ‘Venturepark’ formed by Pixelpark, Goldman Sachs, Telefónica and BertelsmannSpringer as well as its investments (Sportgate).

Since 2002 Dr. Reichart has been working for Hubert Burda Media, initially as Chief of the Publisher’s Staff and Director of Business Development. From 2004 on, he is acting as Managing Director Marketing and Communications at Hubert Burda Media and is now also in charge of Corporate Strategy. Dr. Reichart is a former scholar of the German National Merrit Foundation, a Young Leader of the Atlantik-Brücke and a founding member of the New Media Council of the Free Democratic Party in Germany. In 2005 he has been named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Dr. Reichart lives in Munich. He is unmarried and likes doing sports and music in his leisure time.