Franjo Pooth


Franjo Pooth is a German businessman and former CEO of Maxfield.

Early life

Pooth was born on July 20, 1969 and is originally from Meerbusch, a city near Düsseldorf. His father is the architect Franz-Josef Pooth. Franjo Pooth went to the Mataré-School in Meerbusch and the Otto-Kühne-School in Bonn. His brother Mano is also a businessman.

Business

After his studies at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, Pooth joined the Firstgate Internet AG (subsidiary company of Deutsche Telekom in Cologne. He then founded the brand agency MPFC, together with his partners Coordt von Mannstein and Patrik Graf von Faber Castell.
In 2003 Pooth founded the consumer electronic brand Maxfield, whose core business was to produce unique designed mp3 players and trend-orientated electronical devices in the European market. Pooth was its CEO until 2008 and, other than that, finalist of the 2006 contest Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, representing Maxfield GmbH.

Personal life

Pooth has been married to German television personality Verona Pooth since 2004. They have two children together, San Diego and Rocco Ernesto.