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Christian Klein

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Christian Klein
Speaking at the 2023 World Economic Forum
Born (1980-05-04) 4 May 1980 (age 44)
Mühlhausen, Germany
Alma materUniversity of Cooperative Education in Mannheim[1]
Occupation(s)CEO, SAP SE
Board member of
WebsiteSAP

Christian Klein (born 1980) is a German manager who is the current chief executive officer at SAP SE.[2] Following the departure of Jennifer Morgan, SAP SE returned to a sole CEO model.

Career

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Klein started his career at SAP in 1999 as a student. Since October 11, 2019, both Christian Klein and Jennifer Morgan were co-CEOs of SAP SE.[3] However on April 30, 2020, Morgan stepped down from her position as co-CEO, leaving Klein as sole CEO. In 2024, SAP’s board extended Klein’s contract for a further three years to the end of 2028.[4]

Klein is Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Executive Board of SAP SE.[5]

Personal life

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Klein is a football fan, and is an avid supporter of Ajax, Borussia Dortmund, Manchester City and FC Barcelona.

Other activities

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  • Adidas, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2020)[6]
  • Baden-Badener Unternehmer-Gespräche (BBUG), Member of the Board (since 2019)[7]

References

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  1. ^ Joe Miller (October 30, 2020), Christian Klein: the 'details guy' who has to fix SAP Financial Times.
  2. ^ "SAP Co-Chief Executive Officer Christian Klein Continues as CEO, Jennifer Morgan In 2020 he was made the CEO of SAP Departs". SAP New Center. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  3. ^ Joe Miller (30 October 2020), Christian Klein: the 'details guy' who has to fix SAP Financial Times.
  4. ^ Hakan Ersen and Andrey Sychev (6 May 2024), SAP extends CEO Klein's contract until 2028 Reuters.
  5. ^ "Christian Klein, Executive Board, About SAP SE". Christian Klein, Executive Board, About SAP SE. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  6. ^ Change at the top of the adidas Supervisory Board Adidas, press release of 11 August 2020.
  7. ^ Board Archived 9 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine Baden-Badener Unternehmer-Gespräche (BBUG).
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