Founder of Unite Network SE, Dirk Markus is a businessperson who has been at the helm of 9 different companies and holds the position of Managing Director at Lotus AG, Chairman-Executive Board at AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA, Chief Executive Officer of Aurelius (Private Equity) (a subsidiary of AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA) and Managing Director at DIJUFRANKA Unternehmergesellschaft Haftungsbeschrankt. Dr. Markus is also on the board of Stichting Start Foundation, Deutsche Industrie REIT AG and ELK Fertighaus GmbH (Germany).

In his past career he occupied the position of Chairman-Supervisory Board at SMT Scharf AG, Chairman-Supervisory Board of PlanetHome Investment AG, Chairman-Supervisory Board of Publicitas AG, Member-Executive Board at Gigaset AG, Chairman-Supervisory Board for AURELIUS Beteiligungsberatungs AG, Chairman-Executive Board at AURELIUS Management SE and Project Manager at Mckinsey & Co., Inc. (Germany).

Dirk Markus received a doctorate from the University of St. Gallen and a doctorate from Harvard University.