Rocket Internet CFO Kimpel to Leave in October for New Challenge

  • CEO Oliver Samwer to take on finance duties from same month
  • Kimpel oversaw tech star’s 2014 IPO and other financing deals
Peter KimpelPhotographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
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Rocket Internet SE Chief Executive Officer Oliver Samwer will take on CFO duties from October with Peter Kimpel, the finance head who oversaw the German internet company’s 2014 initial public offering, departing the business.

Kimpel will leave that month to pursue a new management challenge, the Berlin-based company said Monday in a statement, without specifying further detail.