Verena Hubertz

Verena Hubertz MdB
Member of the Bundestag for Trier
Incumbent
Assumed office 2021
Preceded by	Andreas Steier
Personal details
Born	(1987-11-26) 26 November 1987 (age 37) Trier, West Germany
Political party	SPD
Alma mater	Trier University of Applied Sciences (Bachelor) WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management (MSc)
Occupation	politician
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Verena Ute Hubertz (born 26 November 1987) is a German entrepreneur and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2021.[1]

Early life and education

Hubertz was born in Trier in 1987 as the daughter of a locksmith and a parish expert worker. She grew up in Konz and Lampaden.[2] After graduating from high school, she studied business administration at Trier University of Applied Sciences (Bachelor) and at WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management in Vallendar (MSc). She gained her first professional experience at the Lebenshilfe-Werke Trier, Vodafone, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Commerzbank.[1]

Business career

After successfully completing her studies, she went to Berlin to work with a fellow student to found the startup Kitchen Stories, a video-based cooking platform with over 20 million users and 60 employees.[3] In 2017, BSH became the majority owner of Kitchen Stories.[4] At the end of 2020, she gave up her position as managing director to run for the Bundestag in her home constituency.[3]

Political career

Hubertz became a member of the Bundestag in the 2021 German federal election. She won the direct mandate in the constituency of Trier with a 5.3% lead over incumbent Andreas Steier.[5] She has since been serving as one her parliamentary group's deputy chairs, under the leadership of chairman Rolf Mützenich.[6][7]

Other activities

Corporate boards

• KfW, Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (since 2022)[8]

Non-profit organizations

• Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2022)[9]
• German Association for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (BVMW), Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2022)[10]

References

1. "Deutscher Bundestag - Abgeordnete". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 29 September 2021.
2. "Über mich und meine wichtigsten Stationen". Verena Hubertz (in German). Retrieved 29 September 2021.
3. "Verena Hubertz – SPD Trier" (in German). Retrieved 29 September 2021.
4. Voß, Oliver (22 November 2017). "Bosch-Tochter kauft Berliner Koch-App". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). ISSN 1865-2263. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
5. "Results Trier - The Federal Returning Officer". www.bundeswahlleiter.de. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
6. Pressemitteilung: Wahl des Geschäftsführenden Vorstandes SPD Parliamentary Group, press release of 9 December 2021.
7. Seydewitz, Rolf (9 December 2021). "Konzer Genossin macht im Bundestag Karriere: Verena Hubertz soll SPD-Fraktionsvize werden". Trierischer Volksfreund.
8. Board of Supervisory Directors and its Committees KfW.
9. Political Advisory Board Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
10. Political Advisory Board German Association for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (BVMW).

External links

• Official website (in German)
• Bundestag biography (in German)