Markus Pflitsch
Pflitsch holds an MSc in Physics (Diplom-Physiker) from RWTH Aachen University, specializing in elementary particle physics and quantum physics, and completed research at CERN. He subsequently built a career as a senior financial executive and deep-tech investor before founding Terra Quantum in 2019 in Switzerland. As CEO and Chairman he leads the company's quantum hybrid algorithms, post-quantum security, and quantum sensing product lines, and serves as a senior advisor to European private equity funds and a member of the Baden-Badener Unternehmergespräche executive leadership forum.