About Michael Ambros

As the Founder and CEO of eKomi Holding GmbH, Michael Ambros is an ambitious, strategic entrepreneurial business pioneer and strong leader. An always forward-thinker and visionary, during Ambros‘ studies in International Business in Regensburg, Germany and in La Rochelle, France, he began working on SEO. In 2005, Michael Ambros, together with close friend and business colleague Gunther Schmidt, founded his first start-up company, SMS Lotse, which became one of the most far-reaching and successful telecommunications portals in Germany. In 2007, Ambros was employed as an online marketing specialist at the European Founders Fund GmbH, where he was responsible for various portfolio companies. In early 2008, Michael Ambros launched his second company, Medici Internet AG, an agency specializing in performance and affiliate marketing. To date, Ambros currently serves on the Board of Directors at Medici Internet AG. Just six months later, in the summer of 2008, Ambros founded eKomi, Europe's premiere and largest independent provider of transaction-based reviews and ratings. Ambros’ vast list of specialties include product reviews, product ratings, shop ratings, seller ratings, customer feedback, social recommendations, SEM, SEO, and more. Michael Ambros is considered a proven social commerce expert and is a frequent speaker at events on this topic. Michael Ambros holds international awards in innovation by CeBIT, The Fraunhofer Institute and SME Initiative. He’s an active member of both the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO) and Young Entrepreneur Council and spends his time internationally between eKomi’s hub city offices where he spearheads global expansion, strategy, operations, and management of all eKomi's enterprises. A forward-thinking executive and visionary serial entrepreneur, Michael disrupts one industry after another, from Online Marketing and Reputation Management to Customer Experience (CX) and Cryptocurrency. Fast forward to 2018, eKomi is Europe’s premiere and largest independent provider of authentic, verified, transaction-based reviews and ratings. Officially partnered with Google, eKomi has over 200 employees headquartered in Berlin, Germany, with offices in London, Madrid, and Los Angeles. Since its founding, eKomi has expanded from Ratings & Reviews SaaS to become the global one-stop solution provider for Market Research, Reputation Management, and CX Programs. Today, Michael Ambros is heading eKomi’s strategic execution as CEO to capture the untold value of social commerce—authentic reviews, transaction-based referrals, and word-of-mouth marketing. Michael Ambros’ areas of expertise include Blockchain, Seller Ratings & Reviews, Cryptocurrency, Customer Experience (CX), Customer Feedback, Digital Marketing, Ecommerce, Employee Ratings & Reviews, Industry Disruption, Lean Startup, Online Marketing, Product Reviews, SEM & SEO, Ratings & Reviews, Social Commerce, and Word-of-Mouth (WOM).