Name Christopher Muhr | ||
Residence Chicago, Illinois United States | ||
Christopher Muhr is a German entrepreneur best known for co-founding Citydeal, an online discount deal company purchased by Groupon in 2010. As of 2012, he serves as senior vice president for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for Groupon and is an active investor and advisor in ventures in North America and Europe.
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Personal life
Muhr was born in Bonn, North Rhine Westphalia. He graduated from the Cologne Business School graduating in Business Administration. After graduation Muhr spent two years of development work in microfinance in Namibia and Uganda. Muhr holds an MSc in Management from Handelshochschule Leipzig (HHL) and Instituto de Empresa (IE). After graduation Muhr pursued a short career in M&A at NIBC in Frankfurt prior to joining as an MD and co-founder at ecareer, a start-up incubated by Rocket Internet in Berlin. In December 2009, Muhr left ecareer and founded Citydeal.
Citydeal
Citydeal, also referred to as Groupon International, was a European-based deal company co-founded by Muhr in the United Kingdom and Groupon’s entry into Europe. It was a startup funded by the Samwer brothers, Rocket Internet, and Holtzbrinck Ventures. The company was acquired by Groupon in 2010, just five months after its launch. Although no confirmed figures were released of the deal, it was reported that the sale of Citydeal was between $100M USD and $300M USD. At the time of acquisition, Citydeal employed 600 people and had presence in 80 cities in 16 countries.
Groupon
Muhr joined Groupon in 2010 at the time of the acquisition of Citydeal. He served as the Managing Director of Groupon UK. In 2011, ahead of Groupon’s IPO, Muhr moved to the Chicago headquarters joining the executive management team around Andrew Mason and taking on the position as Senior Vice President Sales to spearhead growth in Groupon’s North American business.
Muhr served as the company’s Senior Vice President of Sales until September 2012 before he took on Groupon’s International Business as SVP EMEA. Under Muhr, North American revenues grew 81% year-over-year.
Awards
In May 2011, Muhr was voted 35th in The Wired 100.