Peter Matthies, founder of the Conscious Business Institute, is an investor, business advisor and leadership coach. He is the author of 3 books and more than 100 articles on technology, investing and Conscious Business practices.
Prior to founding his own investment and leadership advisory business, Peter was a Principal at Apax Partners & Co., one of the world's largest Venture Capital and Private Equity firms with more than US$ 20 billion under management. He also served as Investment Manager at b-business partners, a US$ 800 million technology venture capital firm backed by blue chip corporate investors (Hewlett-Packard, Ericsson, ABB, Astra Zeneca etc.).
Peter has worked in the IT and financial market for 16 years and started his career at Andersen Consulting in Germany. He co-founded a systems integration and IT-consulting company. After selling his share, Peter worked as an IT analyst and US-correspondent in California. He founded an accelerator in Silicon Valley, focusing on financing and growing German and American IT start-up businesses.
