Michael Bassler

Michael Bassler has a diverse work experience that includes roles such as Shareholder & Advisor at WETHEBRANDS_, where they focus on buying and building e-commerce brands. Michael has also served as the CEO of WETHEBRANDS_ (formerly Amazing Brands Group), an e-commerce company that operates Amazon businesses. Additionally, they have been a Series A Investor at respond.io, a B2C messaging platform, and a Founding Investor & Advisory Board member at Jobflow GmbH, eyos.one, Heizfix GmbH, Sola, Grannys Bistro, and Retalos. Michael is also a Seed Investor at Leverest. Furthermore, Michael has been a Shareholder & Advisor and CFO at getbaff, a technology company specializing in augmented reality.

Michael Bassler's education history is as follows:

From 2009 to 2013, they attended Rheinische Fachhochschule Köln and obtained a Bachelor's degree.

In 2014 and 2015, they pursued a Master's degree at Rheinische Fachhochschule Köln.

Michael then enrolled in WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management from 2016 to 2019 to pursue a doctoral degree (Dr./Ph.D.) in the field of Corporate Finance: Hedge Fund Activism.

In 2017, they served as a university lecturer in the Bachelor Program for Investment Banking at Rheinische Fachhochschule Köln.

Additionally, in the same year, they worked as a lecturer in the Bachelor program for Entrepreneurship & Online Marketing at Hochschule Fresenius in Idstein.

In 2017, they also served as a university lecturer in the Bachelor Program for Supply Chain Management at Rheinische Fachhochschule Köln.

Between 2020 and 2021, they worked as a lecturer in the Master program for Entrepreneurship & Social Media Management at Hochschule Fresenius in Cologne.

In terms of additional certifications, they obtained the "Fastest growing Startup in Germany" certification from Business Insider twice in June and August of 2020.

Michael also received the "German Accelerator Silicon Valley" certification from German Accelerator in 2019.

Furthermore, in the same year, they obtained certifications from Startplatz Accelerator, Vodafone Uplift Accelerator, and Future Champions Accelerator.

In 2018, they obtained the "Pacesetter Accelerator" certification from Alibaba.com.

Lastly, in 2017, they received the "FB Start Accelerator" certification from Facebook.