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Markus Berger-de León

Markus Berger-de León

Senior Partner at McKinsey — digital business builder and former tech CEO

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Berlin, Germany
Joined August 2025

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Summary

Serial digital operator and entrepreneur: Markus has led multiple European internet and mobile businesses (senior roles at Jamba/Jamster, CEO roles at MyHammer and VZ Networks/StudiVZ) and founded Roombeats — demonstrating repeated experience shipping consumer and platform products and executing turnarounds and growth programs. mckinsey+3
Business-builder and advisor at McKinsey: As a senior partner in McKinsey's business-building and digital practices, he focuses on turning corporate assets into scaled ventures, agile/digital transformation and product-led growth; he also authors and speaks on new-business building. mckinsey+2
Founder / investor orientation: He has hands-on experience founding a startup (Roombeats), running an advisory/venture vehicle (BdL Ventures), and raising/working with seed investors and HTGF/Creathor in early financing rounds, showing fluency in both operator and early-investor contexts. htgf+1
Active in education and social impact: Markus has co-founded the Berlin chapter of H2, advised the Berlin Metropolitan School, and is noted as an advisor to Ashoka, indicating sustained interest in education, entrepreneurship networks and social-development causes. mckinsey

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Engagement with education and social-impact causes (advisor to Berlin Metropolitan School; involvement with Ashoka; cofounder of H2, Berlin chapter). mckinsey

Notes

FOFelix Oldenburgsaid they would trust
MBMarkus Berger-de León
to lead technology for a cutting-edge media company.

Feb 14, 2026