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Philipp Depiereux
German entrepreneur and digital transformation advocate From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Philipp Depiereux (born July 12, 1977) is a German author and entrepreneur.
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Early life and education
Depiereux was born in Düren, Germany.[1] Depiereux completed his Abitur at Burgau-Gymnasium in Düren in 1996 and then studied business administration at the International School of Management.[2][3]
Career
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In 2004 Depiereux joined the management of Alesco (formerly Schoeller Aldo), a company that produces plastic films, alongside his father, Gunter Depiereux.[1][2] He served as CEO until 2010.[2][4]
In 2010, together with Philipp Herrmann and Christian Lüdtke, he founded the company etventure,[5] a consultancy for business development.[6] In addition to providing digitalisation services for businesses, Depiereux, through etventure, also published studies on digital transformation in Germany in collaboration with the research institute GfK.[7] In an article in the German business magazine Handelsblatt, Katrin Terpitz referred to Depiereux as the "Messiah of Digitalisation" in Germany's mid-sized business sector due to his achievements in the field of digitalisation.[8] The company was acquired by EY (formerly Ernst & Young) in 2017.[9] Depiereux remained CEO until his departure in 2021.[6][10]
In 2018 Depiereux launched Changerider, a project featuring interviews with business, politics, and research professionals on topics related to digital transformation. These interviews are presented as videos, podcasts, and articles[1][11][12] and were covered by German magazine t3n.[13]
In addition to his business activities, Depiereux is also an author[14] and journalist, having published his own articles in magazines such as changement![15] and Capital.[16] Since February 2025, Depiereux has been publishing a biweekly column in the German magazine Handelsblatt.[17][18]
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Personal life
Depiereux is married and has four children and lives at Newport Beach, California.[17]
Publications
- ChangeRider: Pioniergeister statt Bedenkenträger: Wie mutige Macher aus Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft unsere Zukunft gestalten (2019). Murmann Publishers. ISBN 9783750247987
- Werdet WELTMUTFÜHRER (2020). Great2Know Publishing. ISBN 9783753116945
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