Christian Klein

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Christian Klein
Christian Klein (born 1980) at World Economic Forum Davos 2023.png
Speaking at the 2023 World Economic Forum
Born (1980-05-04) 4 May 1980 (age 45)
Mühlhausen, Germany
Alma mater University of Cooperative Education in Mannheim [1]
Occupation(s)CEO, SAP SE
Board member of
Website SAP

Christian Klein (born 1980) is a German business executive. He is the current CEO of SAP SE. [2] Following the departure of co-CEO Jennifer Morgan, SAP SE returned to a sole CEO model.

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Career

Klein started his career at SAP in 1999 as a student. Since October 2019, both Christian Klein and Jennifer Morgan were co-CEOs of SAP SE. [3] However on April 30, 2020, Morgan stepped down from her position as co-CEO, leaving Klein as sole CEO. In 2024, SAP’s board extended Klein’s contract for a further three years to the end of 2028. [4]

Klein is also a member of the Executive Board of SAP. [5]

Other activities

References

  1. Joe Miller (October 30, 2020), Christian Klein: the 'details guy' who has to fix SAP Financial Times .
  2. "SAP Co-Chief Executive Officer Christian Klein Continues as CEO, Jennifer Morgan In 2020 he was made the CEO of SAP Departs". SAP New Center. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  3. Joe Miller (30 October 2020), Christian Klein: the 'details guy' who has to fix SAP Financial Times .
  4. Hakan Ersen and Andrey Sychev (6 May 2024), SAP extends CEO Klein's contract until 2028 Reuters .
  5. "Christian Klein, Executive Board, About SAP SE". Christian Klein, Executive Board, About SAP SE. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  6. Change at the top of the adidas Supervisory Board Adidas, press release of 11 August 2020.
  7. Board Archived 9 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine Baden-Badener Unternehmer-Gespräche (BBUG).
  8. Admin. "Active Members". The Business Council. Retrieved 11 July 2025.