Overview

Gender

male

Investor Type

Investment Partner,Angel

Investor Stage

Seed

Oliver Samwer was born in Cologne, Germany, in 1972. Oliver holds M.Sc. degree in Business Administration from WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management.

Upon graduation, Oliver and his two brothers founded Alando.de in 1999.

After the sale of Alando.de to eBay Inc., he was Managing Director of eBay, responsible for Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

In 2000, Oliver and his two brothers founded Jamba! AG, which was acquired by Verisign Inc. in 2004.

In 2007, Oliver founded Rocket Internet. Since 2014, Oliver has served as Rocket’s Chief Executive Officer. Oliver is responsible for strategy development and implementation, business development and investor relations.