Keynote Speaker, Generator of Ideas, Passion Communicator

The spark of enthusiasm was ignited quite clearly: Already as a pupil and student Markus Hofmann intensively occupied his mind with the question on how one can memorize newly gained knowledge with little effort. While others were swotting for days or writing cheat notes, he was able to clearly improve his grade point average during his studies with little stress within only a few weeks – thanks to special memory techniques. But only in his professional life as a press and public relations officer he discovered how valuable mental fitness can be for everybody and how versatile our memories can be activated. This was the starting point of an impressive career. Today Markus Hofmann understands how to bring hundreds and thousands of people to achieve unbelievable memory performances off the cuff. He not only presents valuable knowledge in an entertaining way but also makes it immediately useable for everybody.

Since he became well-known by the Scots Bet in the TV show “I bet you…?” as well as by the expert forum “The Success Makers” of the news magazine FOCUS, the name Markus Hofmann has been well-established in the fields of economy, politics and culture as well as in the broad public.

Markus Hofmann is very active as a Board Member of the German Speakers Association (GSA) and he is one of four German speaking certified speaking professionals worldwide. Besides his work as a keynote speaker he is in a constant intensive exchange of knowledge and experience with experts, amongst others as a director of the Steinbeis Transfer Institute, visiting lecturer at the Steinbeis Hochschule Berlin and the Management-Universität St. Gallen as well as a lecturer at the ZfU International Business School.

The Vitae:

• Director of the Transfer Institute „Professional Speaker GSA“
• Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)
• Board Member of the German Speaker Association (GSA)
• Studies to become a trainer (mental activation training) at the Society for Brain Training
• Study to become a European Business Trainer at the Köppel Akademie
• Professional and self-employed memory trainer
• Close cooperation with Mega-Memory (Gregor Staub)
• Training to become a memory trainer by Gregor Staub
• Graduated Marketing Economist BAW
• Advertising and communication officer at Sparkassenverband Bayern
• Press and public relations officer at Sparkasse in the county of Schwandorf
• Apprenticeship as bank clerk at the Sparkasse
• He grew up in Nabburg/Upper Palatinate/Bavaria

At times when Markus Hofmann is not actually standing on the stage or in the presentation room he is occupied with his young family or one of his many hobbies such as sailing, climbing, cycling or going to the cinema. He is a confirmed self-confessed fan of FC Bayern and was a competitive judo athlete with international success.