Philipp Depiereux

Philipp Depiereux (born July 12, 1977) is a German author and entrepreneur.

Early life and education Depiereux was born in Düren, Germany. Depiereux completed his Abitur at Burgau-Gymnasium in Düren in 1996 and then studied business administration at the International School of Management.

Career In 2004 Depiereux joined the management of Alesco (formerly Schoeller Aldo), a company that produces plastic films, alongside his father, Gunter Depiereux.

In 2010, together with Philipp Herrmann and Christian Lüdtke, he founded the company etventure, a consultancy for business development. In addition to providing digitalisation services for businesses, Depiereux, through etventure, also published studies on digital transformation in Germany in collaboration with the research institute GfK. In an article in the German business magazine Handelsblatt, Katrin Terpitz referred to Depiereux as the "Messiah of Digitalisation" in Germany's mid-sized business sector due to his achievements in the field of digitalisation. The company was acquired by EY (formerly Ernst & Young) in 2017. Depiereux remained CEO until his departure in 2021.

In 2018 Depiereux launched Changerider, a project featuring interviews with business, politics, and research professionals on topics related to digital transformation. These interviews are presented as videos, podcasts, and articles and were covered by German magazine t3n. After leaving etventure, Depiereux co-founded the consultancy Scaled Innovation Group.

In addition to his business activities, Depiereux is also an author and journalist, having published his own articles in magazines such as changement! and Capital. Since February 2025, Depiereux has been publishing a biweekly column in the German magazine Handelsblatt.

Personal life Depiereux is married and has four children and lives at Newport Beach, California. In interviews, he has stated that he largely raises his children with limited exposure to digital media.

Publications

ChangeRider: Pioniergeister statt Bedenkenträger: Wie mutige Macher aus Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft unsere Zukunft gestalten (2019). Murmann Publishers. Werdet WELTMUTFÜHRER (2020). Great2Know Publishing.