Roman Kirsch

Roman Kirsch
Born Roman Kirsch
Nationality German
Alma mater WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management, London School of Economics
Occupation Tech Entrepreneur
Years active 2003-
Known for Founder and CEO of Lesara
Website Personal webpage

Roman Kirsch is a German-born entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Lesara in 2013.[1][2] In January 2016, Forbes Magazine US listed Kirsch in its "30 under 30 Europe" list.[3]

Education

Kirsch holds a business degree from the German business school WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management. He also has a Master of Science degree from the London School of Economics in Finance, Accounting and Management.[2] He also spend time at the University of Southern California[4] as well as the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.

Career

Kirsch founded his first company (a souvenir shop in Hamburg) in 2002 with 15 years.[1] He worked for Bang & Olufsen, JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs as an intern.

In 2011 Kirsch founded Casacanda; a furniture company that was later acquired by Fab.com in February 2012.[5][2][6] He spent a year as the CEO of Fab Europe.[2]

In 2013 Kirsch, alongside Matthias Wilrich and Robin Müller, founded the Berlin e-commerce startup Lesara with Kirsch as the CEO of the company.[1][7][8][9]

Kirsch is a Business Angel investing in companies including Amorelie, Carprice, Todaytickets and Fittea.[10][11]

In January 2016, Forbes Magazine US listed Kirsch in its "30 under 30 Europe" list for retail and e-commerce.[12][13] He is also a "Global Shaper” of the World Economic Forum Davos.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Julian, Mitchell (11 July 2006). "This 27-Year-Old Founder Is Transforming High-Fashion Into A Billion-Dollar Tech Industry". forbes.com. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "An early start: Meet Roman Kirsch, a serial tech entrepreneur at age 25". tech.eu. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "30 under 30 Europe". forbes.com. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Roman Kirsch". TheEuropean (in German). 2 May 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Fab Buys Casacanda For $11M To Fight The Samwers In Europe". Tech Crunch. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Lesara expandiert nach Frankreich". derhandel.de. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "Lesara Uses Agile Management and Data to Meet Retail Fashion Trends". insights.samsung.com. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  8. ↑ Nadya, Khoja (20 July 2016). "Changing Clothes: How Agile Retail is Disrupting the Fashion Industry". business.com. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  9. ↑ Lara, Martino (28 June 2016). "Roman Kirsch (Lesara): Il segreto del nostro ecommerce? Qualità, senza intermediari". startupitalia.eu. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  10. ↑ Christina, Kyriasoglou (14 July 2016). "Warum ich die Zalando-App löschen musste". gruenderszene.de. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  11. ↑ "Der Schnäppchen-König". handelsjournal.de. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  12. ↑ "30 under 30 Europe". forbes.com. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  13. ↑ Nancy, Laws (2 March 2016). "Can This New Industry Disrupt Fast Fashion?". huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  14. ↑ "Shaper's Profile - ROMAN KIRSCH". globalshapers.org. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
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