Jan Reichelt, MBA, Co-Founder and President, Mendeley Ltd

Jan is Co-Founder and President of Mendeley, a fast-growing technology start-up that helps people to organize and collaborate on research projects, and that is creating the world's largest open research database.

Jan already worked at Internet start-ups during the first dot com era. He studied Business Administration at the WHU Koblenz, the LUISS Rome, and the University of Bath, and graduated in 2004 as MBA with a focus on Electronic Business, Accounting, and Entrepreneurship. Currently, Jan is pursuing a Ph.D. in Information Management at the University of Cologne and spent some time as visiting researcher at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. Previously, he was an advisor to a member of SAP’s supervisory board. He likes languages (especially Italian), Latin music, and sports.