With this award, Capital annually honours outstanding personalities under the age of 40 from politics, business, science and society who are shaping the future through their achievements and commitment.

Prof. Gutmann teaches and conducts research at EBS Universität, focusing on innovation, entrepreneurship and technology management. He is a tenured associate professor of technology and innovation management at EBS Business School, where he is co-director of the Institute for Technology, Innovation & Customer Centricity (TICC) and head of the Siemens Product Innovation Lab. His work combines academic excellence with practice-oriented management teaching – with the aim of training future leaders in a rapidly changing business world.

With over ten years of industry experience, he has also supported executives from multinational companies and start-ups in designing and implementing innovation strategies that have a long-term business impact.

“Being named a Top 40 under 40 by Capital Magazine is a great honor. I’m grateful to everyone I get to work with on advancing technology and innovation management! This recognition is shared with all of you. It also reinforces my commitment to bridging research and practice and to building innovation that creates real value for students, companies, and society.” says Tobias Gutmann.

EBS Universität warmly congratulates Tobias Gutmann on his award!