Claudia Helming

Claudia Helming

Claudia Helming

Founder & CEO @ DaWanda

Germany

Claudia Helming, a young Internet entrepreneur, Born in Bavaria, Claudia Helming says she never expected to become an entrepreneur. After studying Romance languages and tourism, she worked for a number of start-ups. She first came up with the idea for her business DaWanda while on a business trip to Moscow, when she was looking for souvenirs to take home and all she could find was mass-produced plastic products. Her idea was to launch a platform for people to sell things they’d made themselves, paying a 5 percent commission for each successful deal.
Claudia Helming now oversees a team of over 100 and DaWanda enjoys turnover of roughly 4.5 million euros. The company is doing so well that Helming is now looking to expand into neighboring countries.