Cornelius Boersch

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Cornelius Boersch (born April 11, 1968 in Hanover ) is a German entrepreneur and business angel .

Life

Boersch studied business administration at the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel as well as at the Paris Business School and the University of Colorado . He has been an entrepreneur in Germany since 1992. During his studies, he founded his first company, which later developed into the smart card broker and RFID manufacturer ACG AG, which was listed on the now closed Neuer Markt ( NEMAX 50) and which has belonged to the Assa Abloy Group since 2003 . 1998 doctorate Boersch about credit unions and venture capital - with an emphasis on cooperative promotional mandate at the University of Essen .

After retiring from the operational business of ACG AG, he worked as an investment manager in the venture capital area . Boersch is an internationally active business angel who invests primarily in young internet companies. In the past he was invested in German startups, such as B. Alando.de , the predecessor of Ebay Germany , the Scout Group or Smartrac . In 2004 he founded Mountain Partners AG, an alternative asset management group, together with Daniel S. Wenzel.

Boersch has published a total of 4 books that deal with topics from the everyday life of a manager. All are united in the title of the book by the word Summa Summarum , e.g. B. The Summa Summarum of Success or The Summa Summarum of Health . Together with Guido Westerwelle , he published Das Summa Summarum Politik und Wirtschaft in 2009 .

Boersch donated around 160,000 euros to the FDP and accompanied Guido Westerwelle on trips abroad ( Estonia , Japan and the People's Republic of China ).

honors and awards

  • 2000 “Entrepreneur of the Year”, awarded by Ernst & Young Consulting GmbH for the corporate concept of ACG AG.
  • 2009 “Business Angel of the Year”, awarded by the European Trade Association for Business Angels and Early Stage Investors (EBAN).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Founder Boersch becomes the new boss . Manager Magazin , April 5, 2002
  2. ↑ Press release Assa Abloy on the takeover
  3. ↑ Westerwelle's loyal companion. In: stern.de. March 6, 2010, accessed June 3, 2019 .
  4. ↑ ACG founder named Entrepreneur of the Year. Accessed June 7, 2018 (German).
  5. ^ Business angel Boersch "There is a lot of bluffing" . Manager Magazin , July 1st, 2009

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personal data
SURNAME Boersch, Cornelius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover