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Florian Hoffmann (born 1981) is a social entrepreneur and political philosopher. He is Founder and President of the DO School and co-founder of the Dekeyser&Friends Foundation. Born in Nagold in 1981, Hoffmann studied political science, philosophy and art, which allowed him to pursue fellowships at the ECLA of Bard, Humboldt University of Berlin, Duke University North Carolina, and St. Antony College at the University of Oxford. In 2008, Hoffman founded the Dekeyser&Friends Foundation in Geneva, together with entrepreneur and former footballer Bobby Dekeyser. The foundation was established to help empower youth to follow their dreams and create real change in the world. From 2009 until 2012, Hoffmann co-developed the creative strategy of the furniture company DEDON and co founded DEDON Island, an island resort and social business fostering sustainable tourism on the Philippines.

In 2013, he founded the DO School in Germany and the US to offer education to aspiring social entrepreneurs from around the world. Hoffmann regularly speaks on the topics of societal innovation, education and social entrepreneurship, most recently as a part of the European Business School’s Very Inspiring Personalities Curriculum.