Leadership & Governance
Management Board
Oliver Samwer
Chief Executive Officer
Bachelor’s degree, WHU–Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar. Began Career as Trainee at Sal. Oppenheim. 1999, co-founded Alando in Germany and sold the company to eBay; then became Managing Director eBay Germany, Switzerland and Austria. 2000, co–founded Jamba and sold to VeriSign in 2004. Since 2006, numerous investments, including Facebook, LinkedIn, Groupon, Zalando, Funding Circle, Lazada. 2007, co-founded Rocket Internet. 2014, became CEO and took the company public; Rocket Internet incubates online business models and invests in startups through its venture capital arm Global Founders Capital.
Alexander Kudlich
Executive Board Member
Alexander Kudlich was born in Bonn, Germany in 1980. He studied business administration with a specialization in finance and accounting at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland from 1999 to 2004 and graduated as Lic.oec.(HSG). In 2005, Alexander received a Master of Arts degree in philosophy from the University College London in the United Kingdom. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from the European School of Management and Technology. In 2005, upon graduation from the University College London, Alexander joined Axel Springer AG as the Assistant of the Chairman and CEO (Dr. Mathias Döpfner). From 2008 to 2011, he worked in various managerial positions in a group company of Axel Springer AG – the zanox.de AG, including as Regional Managing Director for Asia Pacific and Central and Eastern Europe. In 2011, Alexander joined Rocket Internet. As Executive Board Member, he is responsible for operations, product development, technology and resources.
Leadership Team
Central Management
Bettina Curtze
SVP Finance and Investments
Arnt Jeschke
SVP Finance
Mohamed Omaizat
SVP Corporate Finance
Ronny Rentner
CTO
Regional Management Middle East
Dr. Eyad Alkassar
Managing Director
Middle East Internet Group
Supervisory Board
Norbert Lang
Management Consultant
Pierre Louette
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Les Echos Le Parisien Group, LVMH
Corporate Governance
| 17 Apr 2019 |
FY 2018 Non-financial Report in German (with English convenience translation)
including Independent Auditor's Limited Assurance Report |
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| 17 Apr 2019 |
FY 2018 Corporate Governance Report and Declaration of Conformity with German Corporate Governance Code |
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| 12 Dec 2018 |
Articles of Association of Rocket Internet SE in German (with English convenience translation) |
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| 27 Jun 2018 |
Updated Declaration of Conformity with German Corporate Governance Code |
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| 18 Apr 2018 |
FY 2017 Non-financial Report in German (with English convenience translation)
including Independent Auditor's Limited Assurance Report |
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| 18 Apr 2018 |
FY 2017 Corporate Governance Report and Declaration of Conformity with German Corporate Governance Code |
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| 25 Apr 2017 |
FY 2016 Corporate Governance Report and Declaration of Conformity with German Corporate Governance Code |