Dr. Christoph Quarch (*1964) is a philosopher and bestselling author of numerous books on philosophical, ethical, economic, political and social topics. He supports managers in companies, teaches as a professor at the Danube Private University in Krems on the Danube and as a lecturer at the Hamburg School of Business Administration (HSBA), Fulda University of Applied Sciences and the University of Basel. He organizes philosophical journeys for the weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT. With his podcasts, articles and the weekly radio column “Frühstücksquarch” on SWR, he reaches a broad audience throughout the German-speaking world. He draws on the sources of European philosophy to find answers to the challenges of the 21st century. In 2019, he and his wife Christine Teufel founded the New Platonic Academy (www.akademie-3.org), which aims to rework the intellectual heritage of European culture for the 21st century.

As a successful author, he has written or edited over 50 books, most recently “Wacher Geist und fester Schritt. The Donkey School of Leadership” (legendaQ 2024), “Schönheit rettet die Welt” (dreizeichen 2024), “Den Geist Europas wecken” (Europa Verlag 2024), “Der Club der alten Weisen” (Finanzbuch 2023), “Begeistern! How companies grow beyond themselves (Scheffer & Pöschel 2021). He has also written communication materials for numerous companies, including dm Drogeriemarkt, Lufthansa, ggk DialogGroup, designfunktion and Wendt&Kühn.

Christoph Quarch is a member of the advisory board of the MMM Club, an honorary member of the board of the International Delphic Council and advises the global entrepreneur network The Argonauts.