Cornelia Röper

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Cornelia Röper (born September 11, 1990 in Geseke ) is a German social entrepreneur . She gained international fame through the founding of Wefugees , an online community for refugees, for which she was added to Forbes ' "30 under 30" list and personally recognized by Bill Gates .

life and career

Cornelia Röper moved with her parents to Dirmstein in Rhineland-Palatinate at the age of eight . In 2010 she began studying business management with a focus on entrepreneurship and marketing at the University for Sustainable Development Eberswalde , which she graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2015 .

After positions at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry ( IHK ) Rhein Neckar in 2010 and Jungheinricht UK in 2013, Röper was employed at Enabee GmbH as Key Account Manager in 2014 , where she was responsible for project management and the launch of online communities as well as international customer service was responsible. From 2014 to 2017 she worked as a freelance social media consultant and looked after IT companies such as Enabee and T-Systems Multimedia Solutions .

Since November 2018, Röper has been on the management board of the social start-up Mitunsleben together with Torsten Anstädt , which is mainly supported by non-profit organizations in the social economy (including the Diakonie Deutschland , the German Caritas Association and the Order of St. John ) and digital solutions and platforms in the social economy Area developed. With mitpflegeleben.de, the company has created a platform for people in need of care, caregivers, caring relatives and care facilities that provides information, advice and mediation on the subject of care.

social commitment

In 2015, Röper founded Wefugees , which by its own account is the world's largest online community for people with a refugee background . It is a platform on which refugees and helpers can exchange information on topics such as asylum requests, legal problems and cultural and leisure activities in Germany.

Awards

In 2017 Röper received the “Social Innovators to Watch” award from the online magazine tbd *. In 2018 she was the first German to receive the first Global Goals Changemaker Award from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for her commitment to refugees . In the same year Röper was listed as one of the " Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The little help in your pocket for refugees. In: tbd.community. February 22, 2018, accessed February 6, 2020 .
  2. ↑ 2018 Award Winners. In: gatesfoundation.org. Retrieved February 6, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Cornelia Röper. In: forbesdach.com. February 27, 2018, accessed February 6, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Röper, Cornelia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German social entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Geseke