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Hermann Simon
World Authority on Pricing | Founder & Honorary Chairman of Simon-Kucher & Partners | Creator of the "Hidden Champions" Concept | Thinkers50 Hall of Fame
Hermann Simon is the world's leading authority on pricing and the creator of the "Hidden Champions" concept. Founder of the global consultancy Simon-Kucher & Partners and the only German in the Thinkers50 Hall of Fame, he has authored 40+ books in some 30 languages. On stage, he reveals where profit truly comes from, sharing proven pricing and strategy principles from the world's most respected voice on the subject.
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Hermann Simon biography
Hermann Simon is the world’s leading authority on pricing and the mind behind one of the most influential ideas in modern business strategy: the “Hidden Champions.” A management thinker, entrepreneur, and the most influential business thinker in the German-speaking world, he has spent his career revealing how disciplined pricing and relentless focus, rather than size or fame, are what truly drive lasting profit and market leadership.
Business speaker Hermann Simon is the founder and Honorary Chairman of Simon-Kucher & Partners, the global consultancy he built into the world’s leading authority on pricing, with thousands of professionals across more than 40 offices worldwide. He coined the term “Hidden Champions” to describe the little-known, mid-sized companies that have quietly become world market leaders in their niches, and his research into how they achieve it has shaped strategy for governments, universities, and corporations around the globe. He is the only German inducted into the Thinkers50 Hall of Fame.
Hidden Champions and the Science of Pricing
Simon is the author of more than 40 books published in some 30 languages, including the worldwide bestseller Hidden Champions, first published by Harvard Business School, along with Power Pricing, Confessions of the Pricing Man, and True Profit! His central message on pricing is deceptively simple and widely underappreciated: price is the most powerful lever a company has on profit, yet the one most often mismanaged. Before dedicating himself fully to consulting, he was a professor of business administration and marketing at the Universities of Mainz and Bielefeld and a visiting professor at Harvard, Stanford, MIT, London Business School, and INSEAD. A prolific speaker who has delivered more than 1,500 talks across nearly 50 countries, he grew up on a small farm in Germany’s Eifel region, a background he credits for the focus and grounded ambition at the heart of his work.
As a speaker, Hermann Simon combines deep academic rigor with the practical wisdom of an entrepreneur who built a global firm. He speaks on pricing as the key to profit, the success strategies of the Hidden Champions, how mid-sized companies become world market leaders, and how to protect margins through inflation and uncertainty. Audiences leave with a sharper understanding of where profit really comes from, and a set of proven, immediately applicable principles from the world’s most respected voice on pricing.
Hermann Simon Speaking Videos
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Hermann Simon Keynote Topics
Simon reveals the strategies of the "Hidden Champions", the little-known, mid-sized companies that dominate global niche markets. Drawing on decades of research, he distills their playbook, ambitious goals, extreme focus, global reach, deep customer intimacy, and continuous innovation, into lessons any company can use to become a leader in its own field.
As the world's foremost pricing expert, Simon makes the case that price, not cost-cutting or volume, is the most effective driver of profit, and the one most companies handle poorly. He shows leaders how to understand the true value they deliver, avoid destructive price wars, and set prices with the confidence and discipline that separate profitable companies from struggling ones.
Drawing on his book True Profit!, Simon challenges the obsession with revenue and market share that quietly erodes company health. He argues that profit is the only true measure of a viable business, and shows leaders how a relentless focus on genuine profitability, through smart pricing and cost discipline, builds companies that endure.
Simon brings his pricing expertise to the challenges of volatile economies, showing leaders how to protect margins and profitability when costs rise and demand shifts. He offers practical, battle-tested strategies for pricing through inflation and crisis, so companies can defend their profits and emerge stronger while competitors falter.
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FAQs on Booking Hermann Simon
Why Hermann Simon?
Booking Hermann Simon gives audiences unrivaled authority on two of the most important, and most underestimated, drivers of business success: pricing and focused strategy. The founder of the world's leading pricing consultancy, the only German in the Thinkers50 Hall of Fame, and the thinker who coined the term "Hidden Champions," he combines the rigor of a distinguished academic with the hard-won judgment of an entrepreneur who built a global firm. Author of more than 40 books and a veteran of over 1,500 speeches worldwide, he delivers insights that are rigorous, practical, and directly tied to the bottom line. He is an ideal speaker for events on strategy, pricing, profitability, and how mid-sized companies can achieve global leadership. To bring Hermann Simon to your next event, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
Who is Hermann Simon?
Hermann Simon is a German management thinker, entrepreneur, and the world's leading authority on pricing. He is the founder and Honorary Chairman of Simon-Kucher & Partners, the global consulting firm regarded as the world's premier pricing advisor, and the creator of the "Hidden Champions" concept. The author of more than 40 books in some 30 languages, including the bestseller Hidden Champions, he is the only German inducted into the Thinkers50 Hall of Fame and has been repeatedly voted the most influential management thinker in the German-speaking world.
What are "Hidden Champions"?
"Hidden Champions" is a term coined by Hermann Simon to describe relatively unknown, mid-sized companies, typically with revenues under a few billion dollars, that have quietly become the number one, two, or three player in their niche in the global market. Simon's research found that these firms, a large share of them from the German-speaking "Mittelstand," succeed through a common set of strategies: highly ambitious goals, extreme focus on a narrow market, global reach, close customer relationships, and continuous innovation. Their approach offers a blueprint for any company aiming for world-class leadership in its field.
What topics does business speaker Hermann Simon cover?
Hermann Simon speaks on pricing as the key driver of profit, the success strategies of the Hidden Champions, how mid-sized companies become global market leaders, true profit versus revenue, and protecting margins through inflation and uncertainty. His keynotes suit events on strategy, pricing, profitability, sales, and entrepreneurship. To book Hermann Simon as a speaker, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
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