"Hidden Champions" are mainly medium-sized companies that hold a leading international market position and are not well known to the general public despite their success. But they should be – because executives of all companies can learn a lot from the successful concepts of Hidden Champions. At the same time, the Hidden Champions themselves have to face and cope with special challenges.
The Hidden Champions Institute (HCI) is the world's first academic institution dedicated to Hidden Champions, thus providing them with an academic home.
About Us
Our mission
Our mission is to support entrepreneurs and executives by generating and disseminating knowledge for and about Hidden Champions.
HCI operates on three different levels
- Research: We generate practical and scientifically relevant knowledge for and about Hidden Champions.
- Training: We impart practical knowledge for and about Hidden Champions in our executive education programs.
- Network: We provide an independent platform for Hidden Champions to learn from each other and build a reliable network. Therefore, the HCI will regularly organize conferences and further network events.
Contact
+49 30 21231-8038
hci@esmt.org
Learn from experts
Leading Global Champions - The CEO Book (in German)
Explore the secrets of global business excellence with insights from 50 top leaders in collaboration with the Hidden Champions Institute (HCI) at ESMT Berlin, the BDI, and Egon Zehnder.
The authors unveil critical success factors for leadership and development in an exclusive gathering of 250 to 300 CEOs and chairpersons from these elite companies.
