Stephen Weich leaves message in a bottle

The managing director accompanied the growth of the start-up from its founding in 2016 until its exit. Now he has announced his departure.

Bottle Post CEO Stephen Weich has announced his departure. "After more than five years, I have decided to leave Flaschenpost at the turn of the year in order to take more time for private issues and to face new professional challenges in the future," Weich wrote on Monday on Linkedin. According to information from RP Online Board Niklas Plath and head of marketing Christopher Huesmann will take over the management of the start-up in the future.

Starting in 2016, Weich initially worked as chief financial officer for Flaschenpost. Meanwhile, he earned his doctorate in accounting and auditing at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster. He has been the start-up's sole managing director since 2019, when founder Dieter Büchl moved to the supervisory board. During Weich's time at Flaschenpost, the start-up grew rapidly. In November, the Oetker Group bought the start-up and paid presumably around one billion euros for it. By its own account, Flaschenpost is now represented in 190 German cities and employs more than 14,000 logistics staff.