22 Facts About Carsten Maschmeyer

Carsten Jens Maschmeyer was born on 8 May 1959 and is a German billionaire businessman, investor, and panel member of the German investment television series Die Hohle der Lowen.

Carsten Maschmeyer is the founder and owner of the Maschmeyer Group which combines all of his current business activities.

Carsten Maschmeyer never saw his father and lived in an orphanage.

Carsten Maschmeyer has one half-brother, whom he first met at the age of 40.

Carsten Maschmeyer became director of the Lower Saxony division at a very young age, responsible for approximately 3,000 people.

Carsten Maschmeyer is a reserve officer of the Joint Medical Service of the Bundeswehr.

In 1988, Carsten Maschmeyer established an independent financial advisory for individuals by founding the AWD financial group.

Carsten Maschmeyer's company grew rapidly and became Europe's largest independent financial advisory.

Carsten Maschmeyer presently maintains significant holdings in a variety of companies.

Carsten Maschmeyer is number 112 in the list of the 500 richest Germans.

Carsten Maschmeyer was founded by Professor Florian Holsboer and Maschmeyer in December 2010 and is based in Munich, Bavaria.

Carsten Maschmeyer is currently active in 16 countries worldwide and has approval for the whole European Union and Singapore.

Carsten Maschmeyer first invested in Blacklane, a worldwide booking platform for chauffeur-driven limousines with taxi-like pricing, in January 2013.

Carsten Maschmeyer became a bestselling author through his book entitled "Selfmade - erfolg reich leben" which is about the fundamental rules of success.

Carsten Maschmeyer is an honorary senator of the Leibniz University in Hanover and a freelance lecturer at the International School of Management in Munich.

In 2015, Carsten Maschmeyer shared his private house in Hanover with two Syrian refugee families for several months in order to help them build new lives in Germany.

Carsten Maschmeyer provides online-language learning programs to refugees for free.

Carsten Maschmeyer announced he would be joining the TV show Die Hohle der Lowen, produced by German TV channel VOX, as a potential investor in new ideas showcased on the programme.

Carsten Maschmeyer was a litigant in a legal dispute against Bank Safra Sarasin, along with several prominent investors.

Carsten Maschmeyer maintains residences in Munich and Hanover, Germany; Cote d'Azur, France and Beverly Hills, California, United States.

Carsten Maschmeyer has been married to the German actress Veronica Ferres since 2014 and is the father of two sons from a previous marriage, and a stepdaughter.

Carsten Maschmeyer has an art collection which includes works by Damien Hirst, Andreas Gursky, David Reed, Daniel Richter, Thomas Ruff, Steve McQueen, David LaChapelle, Anselm Kiefer and Igor Mitoraj.