David Schneider
Person
Key facts about this entity
Entity type: Person
Schema.org type: Person
Country: Germany
Operating base: Berlin, Germany
Current role: Co-founder and Management Board member, Zalando SE
Sector: E-commerce — fashion, beauty and lifestyle in Europe
Known for: co-founding Zalando in 2008 together with Robert Gentz and helping build the company into a Berlin-headquartered European fashion e-commerce group
Associated organization: Zalando SE (Berlin)
Entity Profile
Overview
David Schneider is a German technology entrepreneur and co-founder of Zalando SE, the Berlin-headquartered European online fashion, beauty and lifestyle group.
Career
David Schneider co-founded Zalando in Berlin in 2008 together with Robert Gentz. He has been part of Zalando's management since the early years of the company and later joined its Management Board, where he has held a succession of operating and finance responsibilities before moving into a strategic-partnerships and brand-relationships mandate on the Management Board from September 2024.
DACH relevance and Startuprad.io coverage
Zalando is one of the largest European e-commerce companies and one of the most widely referenced DACH-founded technology companies, having grown from a shared Berlin apartment in 2008 into a publicly listed European fashion and lifestyle group active in more than twenty European markets. As a co-founder and long-standing Management Board member, David Schneider is a recurring reference figure in Startuprad.io coverage of the Berlin startup ecosystem and European e-commerce.
Public source context
Public information used for this record is drawn from https://corporate.zalando.com/en/investor-relations/our-management-board and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zalando .
Startuprad.io coverage
Startuprad.io has published editorial coverage referencing David Schneider:
Qualifyze Makes Supply Chains in Life Science And Chemical Industry More Transparent — Founder Interview
Published: 15 March 2026
Last updated: 14 August 2026
Coverage type: Editorial mention
URL: https://www.startuprad.io/post/qualifyze-makes-supply-chains-in-life-science-and-chemical-industry-more-transparent-founder-inter
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