My firstminute | Nico Rosberg, Formula One, GREENTECH FESTIVAL, Rosberg X Racing

Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big Ideas

What are the elements which have driven Nico Rosberg to success in Formula One and in business?

Nico Rosberg became Formula 1 World Champion in 2016 with Mercedes AMG Petronas and has since embarked on a career as a sustainability entrepreneur and investor in green technologies.

Nico Rosberg's drive as an entrepreneur is fuelled by the will to drive positive change for society and mankind. He pursues this approach not only in his business activities, but also as an ambassador for sustainable change in mobility through technological innovation. Rosberg has invested in numerous successful start-ups such as Lilium, Volocopter, What3Words, Tier and Lyft. He is also an investor and shareholder of the all-electric racing series Formula E. Rosberg is also a co-owner of the German vehicle technology company TRE GmbH, one of the leading companies in the field of chassis development.

In 2019, Nico co-founded the GREENTECH Festival, a global platform for innovative and pioneering green technologies, which attracted almost 40,000 visitors at its premiere.

Nico remains linked to Formula One through his commentary for the German TV channels SKY & RTL, his Rosberg Racing young driver’s academy and his engineering company TRE. He continues his work as an ambassador for many outstanding brands such as Rolex, Deutsche Bahn, Kempinski Hotels and Heineken.

In this episode of myfirstminute from May 2020, Nico talks about his racing career and how he’s driving the sustainability movement with GREENTECH Festival.

Chapters

1. My firstminute | Nico Rosberg, Formula One, GREENTECH FESTIVAL, Rosberg X Racing (00:00:00)

2. Early Days (00:01:50)

3. What made you better than the competition (00:16:51)

4. Start with why (00:24:23)

5. How you work with tech entrepreneurs (00:27:18)

6. Formula 1 and Formula E coexistence (00:50:54)