Patrick Knodel

Patrick completed a classical education with business degrees and built his early career across a range of industries — from sports and gastronomy to real estate and events. Backpacking trips around the world after finishing his studies led him to question his worldview and the so-called Western values he had grown up with, recognising that they bear little relation to the realities experienced across large parts of the world. He founded the ChanceMaker Foundation, a non-profit that promotes a just and liveable future in which all people can lead self-determined lives within planetary boundaries. Alongside it, he invests through INNOVATION for IMPACT GmbH in business models whose core inseparably combines economic return with social and ecological impact, targeting a circular economy. The ChanceMaker Foundation is funded by his family business and external donors. INNOVATION for IMPACT is funded solely by his family business with no external investors.