THE INITIATORS

Handelsblatt is the largest business and financial newspaper in the German language. Around 200 editors, correspondents and permanent staff around the globe ensure up-to-date, comprehensive and well-founded reporting. In a comparison of daily newspapers, the business and financial newspaper, which is published every trading day, is essential reading for decision-makers at the first and second management levels. According to “Leseranalyse Entscheidungsträger in Wirtschaft und Verwaltung” (LAE) 2018, Handelsblatt reaches more than 305,000 top decision-makers every trading day. Handelsblatt stands for high topicality, reliability, substance and objectivity. News is researched, analyzed and placed in its complex context. Special emphasis is placed on illuminating the background, commentaries and analyses. With well-founded reports on future trends and new technologies, Handelsblatt provides important insights for successful action in constantly changing industries and markets.

McKinsey is a global management consulting firm that helps organizations achieve sustainable, inclusive growth. We work with clients in the private, public and social sectors to solve complex problems and create positive change for all stakeholders. We combine bold strategies and transformative technologies to help organizations make innovation more sustainable, achieve lasting performance improvements and build workforces that will thrive for this generation and the next. In Germany and Austria, McKinsey has offices in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Cologne, Munich, Stuttgart and Vienna. Worldwide, McKinsey teams work in more than 130 cities and 65 countries. McKinsey was founded in 1926, the German office in 1964. Global Managing Partner since 2021 is Bob Sternfels. Fabian Billing has been Managing Partner for Germany and Austria since 2021.