1989 Abitur (High School Degree), Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Gymnasium, Bergisch Gladbach.

1992 Intermediate Exams (B.S. equivalent) in Business, University of Hamburg. Highest GPA of students who completed exams that year (equivalent of Valedictorian in the US).

1997 Diplom-Kaufmann (Diploma in Business), University of Hamburg. Highest grade in three out of five individual diploma exams.

2005 Master of Philosophy, Columbia University, Graduate School of Business, New York.

2005 PhD, Columbia University, Graduate School of Business, New York. Thesis: Multi-Item Supply Chain and Revenue Management Problems. Advisors: Professors Awi Federgruen and Costis Maglaras.