Gerd Chrzanowski

Speaker at the St. Gallen Symposium

For more than 20 years, Gerd Chrzanowski has held various positions of responsibility in the
companies of Schwarz Group, which includes the discount grocery store Lidl, the retail company
Kaufland, several production companies, the waste and recycling service provider PreZero, and
Schwarz Digits, which develops digital solutions for the companies of Schwarz Group and external
customers.
Until he assumed the role of General Partner in December 2021, he was Chief Executive Officer of Lidl
Stiftung & Co. KG.
The native Offenburger was largely responsible for establishing the waste and recycling business unit
and for accelerating the digitalization process within the companies of Schwarz Group.
Chrzanowski has a degree in business administration and a Bachelor of Arts in business management
from Manchester Metropolitan University. Before his studies, he completed an apprenticeship as a car
salesman.