Gunther Friedl is Managing Director of the Dieter Schwarz Foundation and has been Professor of Business Administration at the Technical University of Munich since 2007. He was Dean of the TUM School of Management from 2010 to 2024. He was a visiting scholar at Stanford University and a visiting professor at the Warsaw School of Economics. During his tenure as dean, the TUM School of Management received triple crown accreditation from AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS. The size of the faculty quadrupled to more than 7,000 students.
Gunther Friedl is the author and co-author of over 120 publications, including twelve textbooks on management accounting, business valuation, strategy and innovation. His current research interests lie in the areas of corporate governance, performance measurement and sustainability, and valuation. He is particularly interested in the creation of innovation ecosystems.
