Entrepreneur with a strong track record in leadership, venture building, consulting and investing in the US and Europe. Dr. Ulrich Erxleben, after completing his studies at the University of St. Gallen in Accounting and Finance, earned his doctorate in Financial Sciences at the Technical University of Darmstadt. He worked for McKinsey & Company in both Berlin and Palo Alto. As the CEO of Rocket Internet SE, he spent a considerable amount of time in the USA. Later, he led the early-stage investments for ProSiebenSat1 SE. Since 2014, he has been in Berlin as the founder and CEO of Hypatos GmbH, specializing in agentic process automation for global business services. Trusted by enterprises across Europe and North America, Hypatos enables fully AI-driven operations with highly specialised AI Agents.