Alexander Samwer
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- tech investments
- Industry
- Technology
- Residence
- Munich
- Organization
- Cofounder at Rocket Internet
- Education
- Harvard Business School (Master of Business Administration)Oxford University (Master of Arts)
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 1
Assets
- Zalando2,601,459 shares @ --ZAL-DE
Biography
Alexander Samwer and his brothers Oliver and Marc founded Berlin-based tech incubator Rocket Internet in 2007 and took it public in October 2014.
The youngest of the brothers, Alexander does not take part in day-to-day management of the company, leaving that to Oliver.
Together, the brothers own around 50% of Rocket. In October 2020, the company delisted from the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and is now private.
Inspired by the dot-com boom, the brothers created a German auction site, Alando, in 1999 and sold it to eBay for $43 million after a few months
That was followed by the creation of mobile phone content provider Jamba!, which was sold to Verisign in 2004 for $273 million.
About
Alexander is on the board of directors of Zalando, a German e-commerce company founded by Rocket Internet and modeled after Zappos in the U.S.
He graduated from Oxford University and earned an MBA from Harvard University.