Benedikt, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München '84, has been active at a senior level in corporate finance & private equity for close to 30 years. In recent years, he's shifted focus to mentoring entrepreneurs & investing as a business angel in start-ups in the US and Europe, mostly in digital health, education tech & life sciences. Until Jan. 2014, he was a Partner at G.C. Andersen, the NY-based investment banking boutique, where he focused on cross-border M&A transactions. Prior to that, he was a Partner at Augusta & Co plc in London & Frankfurt, a Partner at Clayton Dubilier & Rice, and Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, responsible for its German & Austrian investment banking.