Wladimir Klitschko
Owner
11 Mirrors
Oct
A Champion of Creative Thinking and Intuition
Dr. Wladimir Klitschko is not only the combined longest reigning heavyweight boxing champion of all time—he also applied his victor’s mentality, keen intuition, and 25 years of knowledge and experience as a professional athlete into a brilliant second act as an entrepreneur and hospitality pioneer in his native Ukraine. Having earned his PhD in 2001, Wladimir founded K2 Promotions with his brother Vitali in 2003, followed by the Klitschko Foundation in 2005, the Klitschko Management Group in 2007, and together with the University of St. Gallen, the study program CAS Change & Innovation Management and the Competence Center for Intrapreneurship. In 2012, he opened 11 Mirrors in Kiev. Ukraine’s first Design Hotels member, 11 Mirrors has held first place on TripAdvisor in the country for six consecutive years and has garnered numerous international awards, including the Boutique Hotel Award, World Travel Award, Haute Grandeur Global Hotel Award, and many more. In 2016, he founded Klitschko Ventures, dedicated to building and maintaining a comprehensive, strategic partner network.
Challenge the Status Quo
Listen to the voice of experience, then forget everything you think you know. At Arena*, Wladimir will talk about how he applied the intuitive thinking that guided him in the ring to the world of business and hospitality, challenging traditional management styles and structures in the service of a creative vision. As he outlined in his book, Challenge Management, the key is to think outside the box and actively shape life instead of being impelled by circumstances towards a decision.
Claus Sendlinger
Founder & CEO
Design Hotels™
Wladimir Klitschko
Owner
11 Mirrors
Martin Raymond & Chris Sanderson
Co-Founders
The Future Laboratory
Valeri Chekheria
CEO
Adjara Group
Peter Cole
Designated CEO
Design Hotels™
Josh Fehnert
Executive Editor
Monocle
Ping Fu
Founder & CEO
Geomagic
Reto Gurtner
Owner
rocksresort
Rick Hoffman
EVP Mergers, Acquisitions & Business Development
Marriott International
Serdar Kutucu
Designated COO
Design Hotels™
Alice Phoebe Lou
Singer and Songwriter
Musical Artist
Christian Malcher
VP Commercial Operations
Design Hotels™
David Miret
DJ and Producer
Musical Artist
Kjell A. Nordström
Economist & Writer
Arsen Petrosyan
Duduk Player
Musical Artist
Marc Schumacher
Managing Partner
Liganova
Moral Turgeman
Multidisciplinary Artist
Bora Uzer
Producer
Musical Artist
Ariana Vafadari
Opera Singer
Musical Artist