René Obermann is Co-Head of Europe and Managing Director of Warburg Pincus Deutschland GmbH, a leading global private equity firm that he joined in 2015. In addition, he is Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board at IONOS Group SE, a leading European web hosting and cloud company. René Obermann previously served as a member of the Board of various companies including Allianz Deutschland AG, Spotify, Telenor and ISAT Connect Bidco Limited (the Holding Company for the Inmarsat Group).
René worked as CEO of Ziggo BV in The Netherlands in 2014 until the merger with LibertyGlobal’s UPC in November of that year. Prior to Ziggo, René worked at Deutsche Telekom Group (DT) from 1998 until 2013. After running DT’s mobile division (T-Mobile International), he was appointed as CEO of Deutsche Telekom AG in November 2006, where he remained until December 2013.
René began his career with a business traineeship at BMW AG in Munich. Next, he founded his own business in 1986: ABC Telekom, a company distributing telecommunication equipment and providing technical services. After the acquisition of ABC Telekom by Hutchison Whampoa in 1991, René became Managing Partner of the resulting company: Hutchison Mobilfunk GmbH. Between 1993 and 1998, he was CEO of that company.
From 2007 to 2013, René also served as Vice President of the German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media (BITKOM).
Current Mandates:
- Chairman of the Board of Directors of Airbus SE (Public Company)
- Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of IONOS Group SE (Public Company)
- Managing Director of Warburg Pincus Deutschland GmbH
