Roman Kirsch
| Roman Kirsch | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Roman Kirsch July 3, 1988 Astana, Kazakhstan |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater |
WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management London School of Economics |
| Occupation | Tech Entrepreneur |
| Years active | 2003- |
| Known for | Founder and CEO of Lesara |
| Parent(s) | Waldemar Kirsch and Helene Kirsch |
| Website | romankirsch |
Roman Kirsch is a German-born entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Lesara, a clothes online store founded in Berlin in 2013.
Kirsch holds a business degree from the German business school WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management. He also has a Master of Science degree from the London School of Economics in Finance, Accounting and Management. He also spent time at the University of Southern California as well as the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.
At the age of 13, Roman set up a business of importing watches from China. Later in 2002, at the age of 15, Kirsch founded his first company (a souvenir shop in Hamburg). He worked for Bang & Olufsen, J.P. Morgan & Co. and Goldman Sachs, as an intern.
In 2011 Kirsch founded Casacanda; a furniture company that was later acquired by Fab.com in February 2012. He spent a year as the CEO of Fab Europe. In 2013 Kirsch, alongside Matthias Wilrich and Robin Müller, founded the Berlin e-commerce startup Lesara with Kirsch as the CEO of the company.
Kirsch is a business angel investing in companies including Amorelie, Carprice, Todaytickets and Fittea.
In January 2016, Forbes Magazine US listed Kirsch in its 30 under 30 Europe list for retail and e-commerce. He is also a "Global Shaper” of the World Economic Forum Davos.
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