Carsten Maschmeyer founded the independent financial advisor AWD in 1988, which expanded into eleven countries and became Europe’s largest independent financial services firm. In 2000, he successfully launched his company on the stock market and into the M-DAX. In 2007, Carsten Maschmeyer sold its stake in Switzerland’s largest life insurer Swiss Life. Since 2007 he invested in more than 170 young entrepreneurs.