Entrepreneur-Backer Symbiosis

“Berger has a lot of experience with entrepreneurial boundary crossers. At that time, he invested several million Euros in another young entrepreneur who often operated on the edge of legality and insolvency: Lars Windhorst and his Sapinda group, which later became known to a broader public as an investor in the soccer club Hertha BSC.”

“Berger, who enjoys taking risks but is a realist, knows his value to Benko very well. Thanks also to the almost inexhaustible network of the advisor, Benko can gain connections in politics and new investors. Thus, Robert Peugeot from the namesake auto dynasty likely places his trust and invests in Benko's company also because his good old acquaintance Roland Berger is among the shareholders. And for Klaus-Michael Kühne, majority owner of the forwarding company Kühne & Nagel, the name Robert Peugeot matters when he joins the circle of investors years later.”