He holds a diploma in economics from Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg. He obtained his doctoral degree in 2010 from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) as an external doctoral student. His dissertation in the field of “Statistical Methods of Strategic Portfolio Management for Fund of Funds” was co-supervised by Svetlozar Rachev (KIT) and Frank Fabozzi (University of Yale). From 2007 until 2011, he was employed at Credit Suisse where he started as research analyst and became fund manager in 2009.