Daniel studied theoretical maths & ML, raised $100M before his twenties and created (and sold) companies worth hundreds of millions. He invested in 50 companies as an angel investor (7 unicorns) and is an LP in roughly 10 funds.

As the CTO and co-founder of New Now Group, Daniel co-founded with and built a leadership team consisting of the former CMO of Motorola, CFO of Procter & Gamble DACH, and President of Xerox and founder of a 250-people agency (exited). New Now's clients include companies like E.ON, Deutsche Bank, Postbank, WMF, and Philips. As CTO, Daniel hired a team of exceptional engineers, invented a time-series elasticity model for dynamic pricing, and eventually oversaw the development of software that helps customers all over the world to control and interact with their deployed AI.

In addition, Daniel established the Sigma Squared Society e.V. and served as its Founding President from 2016-2022 and as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board from then on. Sigma unites the world’s most extraordinary entrepreneurs under 26, with eleven members having built unicorn companies. The Society operates globally with over 150 directors across 30 countries and their entrepreneurs have collectively raised over €3 billion. Daniel was part of personally onboarding and selecting the first 400 Fellows and over 100 directors across 5 continents and 7 layers of hierarchy.

Daniel also founded and sold Unlimitix as CTO/CEO, aimed at making coaching accessible to those who cannot afford a traditional coach through "empathic LLMs". Unlimitix raised a small €400K  pre-seed found and was sold shortly after. 

His academic credentials include studying at the University of Cambridge, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, ETH Zurich, and the University of St. Gallen, where he consistently ranked in the 99th percentile and even achieved a highest-ever measured GPA. During his Master's Degree and PhD at University at Cambridge, Daniel already developed a passion for ML-based outlier founder detection. He also holds a Micro-Masters degree in Artificial Intelligence from Columbia University.

Daniel trained the Jiangsu Olympic Math team, wrote a book focused on the scientific principles behind productivity - endorsed by BBC, gave his first TED Talk at the age of 20 and was recognised by Forbes, the World Economic Forum, Global Startup Awards, and Top Talents U25 for his early achievements.