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Markus is the founder and Managing Director of Wistor, with coaching clients ranging from founders to managers who worked at Siemens, SAP, Lufthansa, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, McKinsey, Bayer, Deutsche Bank, Bosch, Amazon, Axel Springer, MTV, Adidas, Lindt, Bilfinger, Universal Music, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, joint ventures, and many others.

He has coached self-made multimillionaire entrepreneurs across various sectors, well-known family business owners, doctors, psychologists, lawyers, diplomats, politicians and celebrities internationally.

Markus co-founded companies in Germany and Singapore and coaches entrepreneurs, managing directors, and executives to build, grow, and optimize their businesses, helping them achieve their goals, self-fulfillment, and maximum potential. His clients include founders, managing directors, and managers from DAX companies, Fortune 500 firms, SMEs and investment firms.


He studied Business Administration at the University of Munich, Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Tecnológico de Monterrey at EGADE Business School in Mexico and the University of California, Berkeley. He conducted research at Stanford University as part of his B.Sc. from the University of Munich, where he also worked at the Institute for Innovation Research, Technology Management & Entrepreneurship and the Center for Advanced Management Studies at LMU Munich.

In the USA, Europe, and Asia, Markus worked for his own companies, as well as for Deutsche Bank Corporate & Investment Banking, Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America in Silicon Valley, and other renowned brands.

Profound Coaching Expertise Driving Client Success
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Markus at his Wistor office in John F. Kennedy House, located at the riverfront, across from the Federal Chancellery.

Leveraging 10.000+ One-on-One Coaching Sessions and Global Expertise to Achieve Optimal Results

In addition to his extensive experience running his own businesses and working with international companies, coaching over 10,000 one-on-one sessions, and serving as a speaker and organizer at seminars, workshops, events, and meetups for companies like Amazon, SAP, BCG Digital Ventures, Bain & Company, Zalando, Humboldt University, and many others, Markus consistently gains valuable insights from his coaching experience to achieve optimal results with his clients.

Build the beautiful life you truly desire

Create your lifetime of fulfillment, reach your goals and maximal potential.

Since 2013 Markus is married. Together with his wonderful wife Lin, the successful architect, he co-founded Digital-Creators.de and Bioviera, specialised on high quality real estate, property management and development focussing on natural, luxury villas for sustainable living.

 

Together with his excellent team, Markus is organizing Germany’s largest Digital Marketing Meetup, Digital Strategy, Marketing & Growth, Berlin Entrepreneurs Group and Germany’s largest ReactJS Meetup sponsored by various companies like SAP, BCG Digital Ventures, Atlassian, Amazon and lots more.

 

See the awesome feedback of our participants of Bayer, Siemens, eBay, Rocket Internet, Facebook, Dropbox and others, more at Digital-Creators.de

Our own real estate focussing ocean and lake front properties

In addtion to coaching and building companies Markus is together with his wife owning and developing exclusive villas, retreats, beachfront apartments and penthouses as luxury vacation rentals

One of our 1st line ocean front properties in Canary Islands

We are specialised in natural ocean, river and lake front properties with direct private water access. Our privatly owned buildings are designed organically with premium quality natural materials. Our own properties are unique in nature, on multiple hectares private space and can be rented for a peaceful extraordinary experience (right picture, one of our properties in Italy).

One of our ocean properties in Italy from 12th century.

One of our lake front properties in Germany

Connect with natural energies of the greatest harmony and privacy. Panoramic oceanfront properties with private beach access (right picture, one of our properties in Canary Islands with direct private ocean access). 

Over time, my wife and I have developed personal projects, including real estate.
The properties shown are part of these personal projects and do not constitute an offer.
 

Starting ecommerce in 2004 with his first product sourcing in Asia and America to marketing it online during high school, Markus is building businesses and uses his real practical experience from multinational corporations, investments and startups during his seminars, consulting and coaching in-person and online.  

Work Experience

Wistor GmbH, Founder & CEO (since 2012)
Our team specializes in executive, career, and founder coaching. Wistor's coaching clients range from founders to managers who have worked at Siemens, SAP, Lufthansa, Bayer, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, McKinsey, Deutsche Bank, Bosch, Amazon, Axel Springer, MTV, Adidas, Lindt, Bilfinger, Universal Music, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, and many more.
Bioviera, Co-Founder (since 2016)
High quality real estate, property management and development focussing on natural, luxury villas for sustainable living.
HML Ventures, Founder (since 2005)
E-Commerce, Real Estate, Trading, Investments, SaaS, companies internationally
Digital Creators, Co-Founder (since 2016)
Connecting top talents of the global digital industry. Organised lots of awesome events sponsored by Amazon, Wistor, Atlassian, BCG Digital Ventures, Galaxonic, Zalando, Delivery Hero, SAP and lots others. Events e.g.1) Germany’s Largest React Meetup: React.js & React Native Meetup participants are CTO’s, Founders, iOS, Android & Javascript Developer, 2) Germany’s Largest Digital Marketing Meetup: Digital Strategy, Marketing & Growth Meetup participants are CMO’s, Founder, Directors, Manager & Consultants, 3) Berlin Entrepreneurs Group: Participants are Founders and Intrapreneurs. Participants are from startups and international companies like Siemens, Bayer, Amazon, Google, eBay, Dropbox, Facebook, BCG, Rocket Internet, Axel Springer, Sixt, KPMG, Fraunhofer, SoundCloud, SEMrush, SimilarWeb, Udacity, Lidl Digital, Oetker Group, Johnson & Johnson, ThyssenKrupp, Microsoft and lots more.
Galaxonic GmbH, Founder (since 2011)

Galaxonic Group® supports executives, entrepreneurs, and organizations through growth, transformation, and strategic change. Combining strategic guidance with practical execution, the expertise spans Executive Coaching, Strategic Consulting, and Digital & AI. Clients gain clarity, make confident decisions, strengthen leadership, manage transformation, and implement advanced technologies that drive growth and efficiency. The portfolio ranges from leadership development and organizational transformation to AI, automation, talent management, and digital solutions. The client base includes small and medium-sized businesses as well as global enterprises such as Samsung.

Selected work experience in addition to own companies before 2012

Deutsche Bank (Corporate & Investment Banking)
Global Markets, Equity Research: performing analysis, forecasts, valuation, report writing, financial modeling of European steel companies (ThyssenKrupp, Salzgitter, ArcelorMittal, Voestalpine, SSAB); writing a coverage initiation report for a media & technology company, analysis and valuation of internet companies (HolidayCheck, ElitePartner, Jameda, Focus Online, Playboy Deutschland publishing, online-travel, subscription and publishing as part of Tomorrow Focus and its peer group), sector overviews, alerts and Deutsche Bank’s German Stock Ideas; Roadshows with executive board members of DAX-listed corporations and investors
Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America
Corporate Finance, Controlling & Risk: Restructuring in foreign affiliates, post-merger integration, compliance and controlling; Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America develops hardware and software interfaces for the digital car, connects cars to the cloud and mobile devices, and improves cars with the design, electronic, hybrid, hydrogen and mobile technologies; report writing for management meetings, performing analysis, reporting for MBRDNA to Daimler AG, In addition Markus wrote his bachelor thesis at Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America in Palo Alto. He was invited and granted access by courtesy of Prof. James van Horne, A.P. Giannini Professor of Banking and Finance, at Stanford University for his research.
Center for Advanced Management Studies (LMU CAMS) 
at University of Munich
preparation and assistance to international Visiting Professors at LMU CAMS, for Prof. Dietmar Harhoff PhD (MIT)
Mercedes-Benz USA (Mercedes-Benz Hybrid)
Corporate Finance, Controlling & Risk: Restructuring, in support of a merger, led the process of creating and mapping a cost center structure for a new merged company, integration from Quickbooks to SAP, move of Mercedes-Benz Hybrid from Hybrid Development Center in Troy Michigan, Global Hybrid Cooperation (Joint Venture between General Motors, Daimler, Chrysler and BMW) after successful finish to Detroit Diesel Cooperation in Detroit, Michigan, reporting for Mercedes-Benz Hybrid
Deloitte (Audit & Tax)
Audit, Annual Financial Statements: Auditing of consolidated financial and annual financial statements according to IFRS and HGB in different teams in a commodity, financial and a technology company, for Prof. Dr. Martin Plendl
Shearman & Sterling (Antitrust law, Corporate Law, M&A)
Assisted at and learned from international cases: Barclays Private Equity/disposal of TUJA to Adecco, DaimlerChrysler/disposal of Chrysler to Cerberus, Huawei Tech./establishment of a joint venture with Symantec Corp. in China, introduction of acquisitions for Sal. Oppenheim and for Novartis, meetings and conference calls with clients, German Federal Cartel Office and EU Commission, for Prof. Dr. Hans Jürgen Meyer-Lindemann, M.C.J. (NYU)
Institute for Innovation Research, Technology Management & Entrepreneurship 
at University of Munich
Technology Management & Innovation Research: research for the PhD program: technology industry & innovation, for Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandner, Prof. Dietmar Harhoff PhD (MIT)
  • University of Munich

    Munich, Germany

  • Universitat Pompeu Fabra

    Barcelona, Spain

  • University of California, Berkeley

    California, USA

  • Stanford University

    California, USA

  • Tecnológico de Monterrey, EGADE

    Santa Fe, Mexico City

Education

Education during University

University of Munich (LMU), Germany
during B.Sc. in Business Administration studied abroad at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain), University of California, Berkeley (CA, USA) and Tecnológico de Monterrey – EGADE (Mexico), bachelor thesis in cooperation with Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America in Palo Alto, USA and was invited and granted access by courtesy of Prof. James van Horne at Stanford University for his research
University of California, Berkeley, USA
study abroad in California, Business Administration, as part of B.Sc. at University of Munich
Stanford University, USA
invited & granted access by Prof. J. van Horne, written B.Sc. theses together with Mercedes-Benz Research & Development and one research paper about restructuring, global automotive industry, innovation and technology management, as part of B.Sc. at University of Munich
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
study abroad in Barcelona, Business Administration, as part of B.Sc. at University of Munich

Tecnológico de Monterrey, Santa Fe, Mexico
study abroad in Mexico City (EGADE Business School, Santa Fe), Business Administration, MBA exchange program, as part of B.Sc. at University of Munich

Education during high school

Annette-von-Droste-Hülshoff-Gymnasium, high school in Düsseldorf, Germany
German Abitur (A-Levels)
Woodberry Forest School, private boarding school in Virginia, USA
high school exchange during high school at Annette-von-Droste-Hülshoff-Gymnasium
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Diploma: Lengua y Cultura Españolas, studies during high school summer break

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