Founder, CEO
Victor Henning
CEO/Founder @mendeley (acq by @reed-elsevier ) • voted "Best European Founder" @TheEuropas • Investor @airdog, @vayu , @chai , @careerfoundry , @rockstart
CEO/Founder @mendeley (acq by @reed-elsevier ) • voted "Best European Founder" @TheEuropas • Investor @airdog, @vayu , @chai , @careerfoundry , @rockstart
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Experience
Exit
VU University Amsterdam
Adjunct Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship
RELX
VP Strategy, Elsevier
Sony Music Entertainment
Employee
Bauhaus University Weimar
Employee
Helkon Film
Employee
Oliver Wyman
Employee
Founder
Employee
Education
About
Achievements
• As CEO/Co-Founder, led Mendeley from idea to global research platform used by millions of scientists; acquired by Elsevier, the world's leading provider of science & health information, providing a >16x return for first-round investors (http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/08/confirmed-elsevier-has-bought-mendeley-for-69m-100m-to-expand-open-social-education-data-efforts/)
• Set company vision, strategy, and product roadmap; designed initial product specifications and UIs; built team of 85 across offices in London and NY
• Featured in NY Times, BBC, Guardian, WIRED Magazine, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, TechCrunch, etc.
• Advised Downing Street No. 10 on the Tech City Advisory Board
• Voted “Startup Founder of the Year” by a panel of leading investors, entrepreneurs, and journalists at The Europas - The European Tech Startup Awards
• At Bauhaus University of Weimar, published research on consumer decision-making and film industry economics in leading journals; graduated with Ph.D.
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