Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg is the Chairman and a Founder of Spitzberg Partners LLC, a corporate advisory and investment firm headquartered in New York that provides strategic counsel and investment insights on European and international political, economic, technology, and security matters. Investments are concentrated on promising companies in the tech and digital sector.

Mr. zu Guttenberg served as Minister of Economics and Technology and then as Minister of Defense in the cabinet of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. As the youngest Defense Minister in German history, he led the most significant structural reform of the German armed forces since the Bundeswehr’s founding.

Baron zu Guttenberg was a member of the German Parliament (Bundestag) from 2002-2011 and served as spokesman on the Foreign Affairs Committee. He is a Distinguished Statesman at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC and served as Senior Advisor to the European Commission leadership on global Internet freedom. He sits on a variety of international corporate and not-for-profit boards. Mr. zu Guttenberg has published numerous op-eds and articles and holds a law degree from the University of Bayreuth. He currently lives with his wife and two daughters in Greenwich, CT.

The German American Cultural Foundation cordially invites it’s members and non-members to a luncheon on

Wednesday, April 20th, 2016 11:30 am –1:30 pm

with guest speaker

Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg

(former Minister of Economics and Technology and Minister of Defense in the cabinet of German Chancellor Angela Merkel) at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Atlanta, 3376 Peachtree Road, Atlanta GA 30326

Preliminary Schedule

11:00 Meet & Greet (for diamond table guests only)
11:30 Check-In, Reception
11:45 Welcome by the Chairman of the GAC-F, Mr. Juergen Gentzke
followed by lunch
12:30 Guest speaker Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg
followed by Q&A
1:30 end of the event

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