René Richard Obermann

René Richard Obermann is the founder of The Phone House Telecom GmbH, founded in 1986, and Abc Telekom, founded in 1986.
Mr. Obermann currently serves as Chairman at Airbus SE since 2020, Deputy Chairman-Supervisory Board at IONOS Group SE since 2023, Director at Inmarsat Global Ltd., Managing Director at Warburg Pincus Deutschland GmbH since 2018, Director at Isat Connect Bidco Ltd. since 2020, and Trustee at Internet Economy Foundation.
Former jobs include CEO & Chairman-Management Board at Deutsche Telekom AG (2012–2013), Chief Executive Officer at T-Mobile International AG (2002–2006), Chief Executive Officer at Deutsche Telekom, Inc., Chief Executive Officer at Ziggo BV, Chief Executive Officer at Telekom Deutschland GmbH (2000–2002), Chief Executive Officer at VodafoneZiggo Employment BV (2014), Chairman-Supervisory Board at Ionos SE, Chairman at T-Systems ITS GmbH, Chairman-Supervisory Board at STRATO GmbH, Chairman-Supervisory Board at T-Systems International GmbH (2006–2013), Chairman-Management Board at Hutchison Mobilfunk GmbH (1993–1998), Chairman-Supervisory Board at T-Systems Enterprise Services GmbH, Chairman-Supervisory Board at T-Systems Business Services GmbH, Chairman-Supervisory Board at Inexio Beteiligungs GmbH (2017–2019), Director at T-Mobile USA, Inc. (2013), Director at Telenor ASA (2017–2019), Director at Spotify Technology SA, Director at T-Mobile US, Inc., Managing Director at Warburg Pincus International LLC (2015–2018), Member-Supervisory Board at E.ON SE (2011–2016), Independent Member-Supervisory Board at thyssenkrupp AG (2013–2018), Member-Supervisory Board at CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA (2015–2017), Member-Supervisory Board at Airbus Defence & Space GmbH, Member-Supervisory Board at Allianz Deutschland AG (2017–2019), Vice President at BITKOM Bundesverband Informationswirtschaft-Telekommunikation (2007–2013), and Vice President at German Association for Information Technology (2007–2013).