Philipp is half German, half Greek and was born in 1980 close to Munich. After receiving a Diploma in International Business Administration from Munich Business School in 2005, he moved to Greece and co-founded Tripsta with Kristof Keim.

Currently he is acting as CEO of Tripsta, one of the largest OTA's and most recognized leaders in the industry. Tripsta, airtickets®, and travelplanet24 are preferred by more than a million loyal travelers throughout the 45 global markets that the company presently operates in.