CV

• Born on 7 January 1979 in Wuppertal.

• Studied political science, public law and philosophy at the University of Bonn

• Reserve officer (major) in the Federal Air Force

• 1997 to 2004
  Proprietor of an advertising agency and co-founder of an internet company

• since 1995
  Member of the FDP

• 2000 to 2009
  Member of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia

• 2009 to 2011
  Secretary General of the FDP

• 2009 to 2012
  Member of the Bundestag

• 2012 to 2017
  Chair of the FDP parliamentary group of North Rhine-Westphalia

• since 2013
  Federal Chair of the FDP

• 2017 to 2021
  Chair of the FDP parliamentary group in the Bundestag

• since December 2021
  Federal Minister of Finance