Robert Gentz
Co-founder and co-CEO of Zalando, the leading European online fashion platform, known for scaling the company from a flip-flop startup to a multi‑market tech and retail business.
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Mar 4, 2026 • 42min
Zalando Co-CEO: Building Europe's Fashion Giant, AI in Retail and the European Dream
Robert Gentz, co-founder and co-CEO of Zalando, built the company from flip-flop seller to Europe’s leading online fashion platform. He talks rapid scaling, the selection flywheel that drove expansion, using data and AI for sizing, discovery and logistics, and why a strong European single market matters for founders and tech champions.
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Mar 6, 2026 • 11min
HIGHLIGHTS: Robert Gentz - Co-CEO of Zalando
Robert Gentz, co-founder and co-CEO of Zalando, the European online fashion pioneer. He recounts starting from selling flip-flops to building a massive pan‑European platform. Talks cover rapid scaling via a selection-conversion flywheel, AI-driven discovery and personalization, a natural-language shopping assistant, photo-based sizing, leadership evolution, and a vision for European entrepreneurship.
