Philipp Depiereux | |
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| Born | July 12, 1977 Düren, Germany |
| Occupations | Entrepreneur, author |
| Known for | Founder of etventure, Changerider initiative |
| Website | depiereux.com |
Philipp Depiereux (born July 12, 1977) is a German author and entrepreneur.
Philipp Depiereux | |
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| Born | July 12, 1977 Düren, Germany |
| Occupations | Entrepreneur, author |
| Known for | Founder of etventure, Changerider initiative |
| Website | depiereux.com |
Philipp Depiereux (born July 12, 1977) is a German author and entrepreneur.
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]
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] After leaving etventure, Depiereux co-founded the consultancy Scaled Innovation Group. [14] [15]
In addition to his business activities, Depiereux is also an author [16] and journalist, having published his own articles in magazines such as changement! [17] and Capital . [18] Since February 2025, Depiereux has been publishing a biweekly column in the German magazine Handelsblatt . [19] [20]
Depiereux is married and has four children and lives at Newport Beach, California. In interviews, he has stated that he largely raises his children with limited exposure to digital media. [21]