Florian Langenscheidt

Florian Langenscheidt has authored eight books about happiness and optimism to date, and issued many more as a publisher. He has studied philosophy, literature, journalism and management in three countries; which, combined with his curiosity, fellow-feeling and creative bent, has led him into no fewer than ten different spheres of work. Along with founding companies himself, he has helped the founders of others to succeed. He is chair of the board of trustees for the German Innovation and Entrepreneurship Prize, and as such has a special interest in fostering creativity. As founder of Children for a Better World he has helped thousands of others get a start in life – for which he has received the German Order of Merit and the German Innovation and Entrepreneurship Prize.