Karl-Theodor Guttenberg

Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg is a Co-Founder and serves as Chairman at Spitzberg Partners. He also serves as Advisor at Clock Tower Ventures. He also serves as Advisory Board Member at Lufthansa Innovation Hub. He also serves as Chairman at Accretive Capital Partners. Zu Guttenberg served as Minister of Economics and Technology and then as Minister of Defense in the cabinet of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. As the youngest Defense Minister in German history, he led the most significant structural reform of the German armed forces since the Bundeswehr's founding. During his time in office, he was Germany's most popular politician. He was a Member of the German Parliament (Bundestag) during 2002-2011 and served as spokesman on the Foreign Affairs Committee. Zu Guttenberg was also a Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and Secretary General of Germany's co-governing CSU party. He is a Distinguished Statesman at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC and served as Senior Advisor to the European Commission leadership on global Internet freedom. He sits on a variety of international corporate and not-for-profit boards. Zu Guttenberg has published numerous op-eds and articles and holds a law degree from the University of Bayreuth. He also serves as Operating Partner at Kodem Growth Partners.