What is Andreas Kaplan?
{{Infobox economist | name = Andreas M. Kaplan | school_tradition = | image = File:Andreas_Kaplan_-_TEDx_Event_2020.jpg | image_size = | caption = Andreas Kaplan, TEDx Event 2020 | birth_date = 5 October 1977 | birth_place = Munich | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = German | institution = [[ESCP Europe|ESCP Business School]] | field = [[Marketing]]; [[Communication]]; [[Higher education]] | alma_mater = [[ESCP Europe|ESCP]]; ENA; [[Sorbonne]]; [[HEC Paris]] | influences = | influenced = | contributions = | awards = | signature = <!-- file name only --> | repec_prefix = | repec_id = }} '''Andreas Kaplan''' (born October 5, 1977), [[Professor]] of [[Marketing]], is the [[Dean]] of [[ESCP Europe| ESCP Business School]] in [[Berlin]] and [[Paris]].<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://escp.eu/kaplan-andreas|title= Andreas Kaplan Biography|publisher= ESCP Europe|access-date= 2020-11-07|archive-date= 2019-12-20|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191220141832/https://escp.eu/kaplan-andreas|url-status= dead}}</ref> He is specialized in the areas of [[social media]], [[viral marketing]], and the digital world in general.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |title= How Has Social Media Changed Us |newspaper= [[The Nation]] |via= [[HighBeam Research]] |first= |url= http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-349568980.html |access-date= 2017-04-01 |archive-date= 2014-09-21 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140921200417/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-349568980.html |url-status= dead }}</ref> ==Life== Kaplan was born on October 5, 1977 and grew up in [[Munich]], [[Germany]]. His mother is Anneliese Kaplan and his father Vincenc Kaplan.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://cgi.marquiswhoswho.com/OnDemand/Default.aspx?last_name=Kaplan&first_name=Andreas |title=Marquis Who's Who in the World}}</ref> Kaplan holds a [[Master of Public Administration]] from the École Nationale d'Administration, an MSc from [[ESCP Euro