Alexander Samwer

Cofounder, Rocket Internet

$1.22B

as of 02/19/22

About Alexander Samwer

Alexander Samwer and his brothers Oliver and Marc founded Berlin-based tech incubator Rocket Internet in 2007 and took it public in October 2014.

The youngest of the brothers, Alexander does not take part in day-to-day management of the company, leaving that to Oliver.

Together, the brothers own around 50% of Rocket. In September 2020, the company announced a plan to go private.

Inspired by the dot-com boom, the brothers created a German auction site, Alando, in 1999 and sold it to eBay for $43 million after a few months

That was followed by the creation of mobile phone content provider Jamba!, which was sold to Verisign in 2004 for $273 million.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Germany

Source of wealth

tech investments

Residence

Munich, Germany

Marital status

Married

Birth date

01/31/75 (age 49)

Number of children

Education

Master of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Master of Arts, Oxford University

Self-made

self-made