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He built one of Europe's most valuable start-ups in his 20s

Name: He built one of Europe's most valuable start-ups in his 20s
Uploaded: 2021-11-22T01:18:16.000Z
Duration: 6 min 4 s
Description: Hanno Renner, CEO and co-founder of human resources start-up Personio, describes how the lessons he learned as a yacht skipper can be applied to running a start-up valued at more than $6.3 billion. CNBC Make It's Vicky McKeever reports.

Hanno Renner, CEO and co-founder of human resources start-up Personio, describes how the lessons he learned as a yacht skipper can be applied to running a start-up valued at more than $6.3 billion. CNBC Make It's Vicky McKeever reports.

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Sun, Nov 21 20218:18 PM EST

Vicky McKeever

Human resources software start-up Personio is worth more than $6.3 billion, which is a feat for company founded only in 2015.

CEO Hanno Renner talked to CNBC about his journey, from building Personio's first software product with three fellow college students in Munich, Germany, to heading up a multi-billion dollar business with offices in five countries.

Renner discussed lessons he took from working part-time as a yacht skipper while he was college student and applied to his current role as a CEO.

Watch CNBC Make It's interview with the start-up co-founder in the video above.