{{Short description|German business executive}} {{Infobox person | name = Theodor Weimer | image = Theodor Weimer, Sprecher des Vorstands der HypoVereinsbank.jpg | alt = Theodor Weimer | caption = Theodor Weimer in 2012 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|12|21}} | birth_place = Franconia, Germany | occupation = Banker | years_active = | alma_mater = University of Bonn | known_for = CEO of Deutsche Börse AG | notable_works = | spouse = | children = 2 }} '''Theodor Weimer''' (born 21 December 1959 in Wertheim am Main) is a German manager who served as CEO of Deutsche Börse AG from 2018 to 2024.<ref>[https://www.deutsche-boerse.com/dbg-en/media/press-releases/Theodor-Weimer-appointed-as-new-CEO-of-Deutsche-B-rse-AG-144548 Theodor Weimer appointed as new CEO of Deutsche Börse AG]</ref><ref>Tom Sims (8 March 2024), [https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/deutsche-boerse-appoints-stephan-leithner-new-ceo-2024-03-08/ Deutsche Boerse appoints Stephan Leithner as new CEO] ''Reuters''.</ref> Prior to that, he was spokesman of the management board of Unicredit Bank AG (Germany) – known under the brand name HypoVereinsbank – from January 2009 to the end of 2017 and in this capacity he was also a member of the executive management committee of Unicredit Group, Milan (Italy).
== Education == Weimer graduated from the Wirtschaftsgymnasium of the Berufliche Schulzentrum Wertheim.<ref>[https://www.morgenweb.de/fraenkische-nachrichten_artikel,-tauberbischofsheim-fleischsalatbroetchen-und-zwei-fuenfen-_arid,1362406.html Erinnerung. Zwei Hochkaräter berichteten von ihrer Schulzeit an Wirtschaftsgymnasien im Landkreis. Fleischsalatbrötchen und zwei Fünfen]. [3 December 2018]. Online at www.morgenweb.de. Retrieved 7 December 2018.</ref> Afterwards he studied economics, business administration and geography at the University of Tübingen (Germany). As part of his studies he spent a guest semester at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland). After completing his studies, Theodor Weimer worked as an assistant to Horst Albach's chair at the University of Bonn (Germany), where he also wrote his doctoral thesis in mathematical organization theory, and received his doctorate in 1987 with the distinction "magna cum laude".
== Career == Weimer started his professional career directly after his dissertation in 1988 at McKinsey & Company as a management consultant in the Düsseldorf office (Germany). In 1995, he moved to the competitor Bain & Company, Inc. in Munich (Germany), where he became a director (senior partner) and was appointed to the Global Management Committee in Boston (US). As a management consultant, Weimer has served clients from the financial sector in particular. Between 2001 and 2007 Weimer worked for Goldman Sachs Inc. in Frankfurt (Germany) in their Investment Banking Division.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/neuer-chef-der-deutschen-boerse-zu-hoeherem-berufen-15295753.html|title = Deutsche Börse: Der ehrgeizige Neue|newspaper = Faz.net|last1 = Mohr|first1 = Daniel|last2 = Peitsmeier|first2 = Henning}}</ref> He started as managing director and was appointed partner in the Investment Banking Division in 2004. He was responsible for financial services clients in German-speaking countries.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}
In June 2007, Weimer joined Unicredit Group and worked for its subsidiary HypoVereinsbank in Munich (Germany) as head of global investment banking in the Markets & Investment Banking division. Since joining the Unicredit Group, he was also a member of the executive committee for Markets & Investment Banking of the Milan Group. In April 2008, the bank appointed him spokesman designate of the Board of Managing Directors of Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG. Weimer took over the position of spokesman of the management board of HypoVereinsbank (since 15 December 2009: Unicredit Bank AG) on 1 January 2009 from the outgoing spokesman of the Management Board Wolfgang Sprissler <ref>[https://www.faz.net/aktuell/karriere-hochschule/neue-koepfe/hypo-vereinsbank-weimer-neuer-vorstandssprecher-1745930.html Weimer neuer Vorstandssprecher], Artikel in der FAZ</ref> and in this context moved up to the Management Committee of Unicredit Milan (Italy) as country chairman Germany. In 2010, Weimer initiated the foundation of the HVB Women's advisory board, of which he was patron until 2017. In 2011, Weimer was appointed a member of the group's Business Executive Committee and in March 2013 to the Executive Management Committee of Unicredit.<ref>[https://www.deutsche-boerse.com/dbg-en/investor-relations/corporate-governance/executive-board/cv-t-weimer Theodor Weimer CV]</ref>
On January 1, 2018, Weimer took over as CEO of Deutsche Börse AG from Carsten Kengeter.<ref>[https://www.manager-magazin.de/unternehmen/artikel/deutsche-boerse-theodor-weimer-wird-neuer-ceo-nach-carsten-kengeter-a-1178378.html Weimer follows Kengeter as CEO of Deutsche Börse AG]</ref> During his time in office, he sought a series of smaller acquisitions, succeeding in buying Danish investment management software company SimCorp and Institutional Shareholder Services but failing in an approach for Borsa Italiana.<ref>Tom Sims (8 March 2024), [https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/deutsche-boerse-appoints-stephan-leithner-new-ceo-2024-03-08/ Deutsche Boerse appoints Stephan Leithner as new CEO] ''Reuters''.</ref>
== Other activities == ===Corporate boards=== * Knorr-Bremse, member of the supervisory board (since 2020)<ref>[https://www.knorr-bremse.com/de/medien/pressemitteilungen/heinz-hermann-thiele-thomas-enders-und-theodor-weimer-neu-fuer-den-aufsichtsrat-der-knorr-bremse-ag-vorgeschlagen.json Heinz Hermann Thiele, Thomas Enders und Theodor Weimer neu für den Aufsichtsrat der Knorr-Bremse AG vorgeschlagen] Knorr-Bremse, May 7, 2020.</ref><ref>Markus Fasse (May 7, 2020), [https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/management/milliardaer-patriarch-heinz-hermann-thiele-kehrt-in-den-aufsichtsrat-von-knorr-bremse-zurueck/25810638.html Patriarch Heinz Hermann Thiele kehrt in den Aufsichtsrat von Knorr-Bremse zurück] ''Handelsblatt''.</ref> * Deutsche Bank, member of the supervisory board (2020-2025)<ref>Yasmin Osman, Michael Maisch and Andreas Kröner (20 March 2020), [https://www.handelsblatt.com/finanzen/banken-versicherungen/brisante-personalie-boerse-chef-weimer-soll-aufsichtsrat-der-deutschen-bank-werden/25664516.html Brisante Personalie; Börse-Chef Weimer soll Aufsichtsrat der Deutschen Bank werden] ''Handelsblatt''.</ref><ref>[https://www.db.com/newsroom_news/2020/supervisory-board-recommends-dagmar-valcarcel-sigmar-gabriel-and-theodor-weimer-to-be-elected-at-the-annual-gene-en-11509.htm Supervisory Board recommends Dagmar Valcárcel, Sigmar Gabriel and Theodor Weimer to be elected at the Annual General Meeting] Deutsche Bank, press release of March 20, 2020.</ref><ref>Yasmin Osman (27 March 2025), [https://www.handelsblatt.com/finanzen/banken-versicherungen/banken/deutsche-bank-baut-das-geldinstitut-nun-auch-den-vorstand-um/100116773.html Deutsche Bank: Baut das Geldinstitut nun auch den Vorstand um?] ''Handelsblatt''.</ref> * FC Bayern München AG, Munich (Germany) (2014-2020)<ref>[https://fcbayern.com/en/club/company/supervisory-board FC Bayern Munich Supervisory Board]</ref> FC (2014-2020)<ref>[https://www.manager-magazin.de/unternehmen/artikel/theodor-weimer-chef-der-deutschen-boerse-verlaesst-aufsichtsrat-von-fc-bayern-a-1306819.html Vorwurf der Ämterhäufung: Börsen-Chef Weimer verlässt den Aufsichtsrat von FC Bayern] ''Manager Magazin''.</ref>
===Non-profit organizations=== * Member of the Exchange Experts Commission (since 2018) * Member of the executive committee of ICC Germany, International Chamber of Commerce (since 2018) * Member of the foundation board of the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management (since 2018) * Member of the board of trustees of Ecosense - Forum for Sustainable Development of German Business (since 2018) * Member of the board of trustees of the Friends of the Berliner Philharmoniker e.V. (since 2018) * Member of the board of trustees (Opera Section) of the Frankfurter Patronatsverein für die Städtischen Bühnen e.V. (since 2018) * Member of the board of trustees of the Rheingau Musik Festival (since 2018) * Member of the board of trustees of the Hessischer Kreis e.V. (since 2020)
== Personal life == Born in Franconia, Weimer is married and has two daughters. He plays the piano.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/dauerlaeufer-des-jahres-deutsche-boerse-chef-theodor-weimer-fuenfte-karriere-in-vierter-profession/25319004.html|title = Dauerläufer des Jahres: Deutsche-Börse-Chef Theodor Weimer: Fünfte Karriere in vierter Profession}}</ref>
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