At CFO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Berlin based CFO’ operating in the Internet space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Thomassin Emmanuel
CFO of Delivery Hero
Emmanuel Thomassin joined Delivery Hero in January 2014 as Chief Financial Officer. Emmanuel is responsible for the financial activities of Delivery Hero, as well as the management of several internal departments. Before joining, he was the CFO at the Berlin-based incubator and Delivery Hero investor, Team Europe. Until late 2012 Emmanuel spent 6 years as the CFO and executive board member of MetaDesign, the international corporate branding agency based in Berlin. In this role he was responsible for the HR, Legal, IT and Finance departments and managed the relationship to customers like FIFA, AstraZeneca or Voith. Emmanuel holds masters degrees from the French University and from the German Fachhochschule in Economics.
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About Delivery Hero, Team Europe: Delivery Hero is a network of online food ordering sites with over 100 restaurant partners worldwide.

Peter Kimpel
CFO of Rocket Internet
Peter Kimpel is a Chief Financial Officer at Rocket Internet SE since May 2014. Peter was born in Freiburg, Germany, in 1968. Peter holds a degree in Business Administration from WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management. Upon graduation, Peter began his career with Goldman Sachs as an Analyst at Goldman Sachs International London. Between 1992 and 2014, he held various other positions at Goldman Sachs, including Associate in New York/ San Francisco, Associate and later Vice President at Goldman Sachs in Frankfurt, where he was Managing Director from 2004 to 2006. Subsequently, from 2006 to 2010, Peter worked as Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International London, where he was promoted to Partner in 2010. In 2014, Peter left Goldman Sachs and became Rocket’s Chief Financial Officer. Peter is responsible for finance, investor relations, legal, risk & compliance and internal audit.
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About Rocket Internet: Rocket Internet incubates and invests in internet and technology companies globally.
Peter Malmqvist
CFO of Frontier Car Group
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About Frontier Car Group: Frontier Car Group develops, launches, and operates used-automotive marketplaces within emerging market economies.

Markus Boser
Chief Financial Officer of AUTO1 Group
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About AUTO1 Group: AUTO1 Group is an online automotive platform that aims to connect buyers and sellers of cars throughout Europe.
Burak Sarigül
CFO of Movinga
Burak Sarigül is the Chief Financial Officer at Movinga.
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About Movinga: Movinga is an online relocation service provider company.
Fabian Wunderlich
CFO / Founder and Managing Director of Lingoda
Fabian founded Lingoda together with his brother Felix. As its CFO, he is responsible for Business Analysis, Strategy, Finance, Accounting, Controlling, and Investor Relations. Born and raised in a family of teachers, Fabian has lived in the US, China, France, the UK, Brazil and, of course, his native Germany. Fabian led Lingoda as CEO in the first 5 years, where he was recognized as Top 10 Language Learning Companies Globally (Crunchbase) and Top 25 Startups in Germany (Linkedin).
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About Lingoda: Lingoda offers online live language classes in English, German, Spanish, French with qualified, native-speaking teachers.
Tobias Streffer
CFO of Mister Spex
Tobias Streffer studied business administration at the universities of Münster, Lund (Sweden) and Urbana-Champaign (United States). After various internships with companies such as Brillux, Ista and Gerling, he worked as a corporate consultant in the Boston Consulting Group in Berlin, where his responsibilities included corporate development and strategy projects. At Mister Spex, Tobias is in charge of the Finance & Controlling division.
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About Mister Spex: Mister Spex is an online store that sells various brands of glasses and contact lenses.
Joachim von Bonin
Co-Founder & CFO of simplesurance
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About simplesurance: Simplesurance creates a platform for simple access to insurance to combine traditional insurance industries with digital business.

Marianne Voigt
Co-Founder and CFO of bettermarks
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About bettermarks: Bettermarks is an online mathematics platform enabling students to consolidate their math skills and achieve improved marks.
Christian von Hohnhorst
CFO of Momox
Christian von Hohnhorst is the CFO of Momox.
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About Momox: Momox trades second-hand books, CDs, DVDs, computer and console games.
Mathias Toetzke
CFO of finanzen.de
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About finanzen.de: finanzen.de is a web-based European marketplace for insurance and finance leads.
Ferdinand von Humboldt
CFO and COO of Webtrekk
Ferdinand von Humboldt has many years’ experience in finance of fast-growing technology companies. Prior to Webtrekk, he was CFO of the Orendt Group, eCommerce content providers, and Zuumeo, a photo and content provider. Ferdinand von Humboldt began his career at Roland Berger, a global consulting firm.
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About Webtrekk: Webtrekk is a customer intelligence platform that allows users to connect and activate user and marketing data across all devices.

Oliver Strutynski
CFO of Studio71
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About Studio71: Studio71 is a leading global media company for digital-first creators and brands.
Justus Lembke
Co-Founder and CFO of JobUnicorn
Justus Lembke is the co-founder and CFO at JobUnicorn.
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About JobUnicorn: Honest, personal job matching
Roman Steiger
CFO of Sicoya
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About Sicoya: Sicoya offers its customers power efficient and scalable optical transceiver chips for server interconnects.