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Hidden Champions Institute

"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.

Hidden Champions Institute

+49 30 21231-8038

Learn from experts

Leading Global Champions - Das CEO-Buch

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.  Learn more about the book

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.

Learn more about the book

 

EFMD Case writing competition

HCI supports the EFMD case writing competition

Learn more about the 2019 and 2020 finalists and winners