An entrepreneur is... an innovator who takes risks to create value for his or her customers, employees, shareholders, him/herself and society as a whole

The best advice I ever got was... be diligent and alert and trust your own abilities

And the worst… quite a bit, but fortunately I never follow such advice.

I'm most proud of… having created the only leading strategy consultancy of European origin among the top 5 worldwide.

I wish I'd never…. a true entrepreneur shouldn't waste any time on such thoughts - why create a world full of fear and regrets about missed opportunities? Instead, it's important to set up something meaningful, develop good products, be innovative and be open to other people and their ideas.

In another life I'd have been… an architect, which unfortunately I don't have the right skills for this life.

They said it would never work, but… the Roland Berger Foundation, which I established just one year ago, has just presented 160 talented young people from socially disadvantaged backgrounds and supports them with our "Fit for responsibility" scholarship program, each individually.