Marco Hößl

Marco Hößl has been the CEO of Kaufland Romania since 2015 and leads team of over 18,000 employees.
During his tenure, Kaufland Romania became the first local retail company with revenues of over 3 billion euros. Also under Marco’s leadership, Kaufland Romania became one of the strongest companies in Southeast Europe.
He puts the business and the people on the same table and strongly believes that our purpose is to leave something better behind, therefore, in the company that o leads, puts sustainability at the heart of the business, while following a unique philosophy centered on stimulating dynamism and innovation.
In 2016, he was appointed CEO of Kaufland Republic of Moldova, being the only one at the group level, to coordinate 2 countries.
He started his career in retail 15 years ago for a discounter within the Schwarz Group, after which he was part of the International Sales Department, working throughout Europe.
The appointment as CEO of Kaufland Romania was received with great enthusiasm. Marco speaks Romanian and likes living in Romania where he already has many Romanian friends. As an executive director Marco was appointed by several times the top manager of the year, but which one he credits the team he works with. In interviews he always underline that he is CEO of the people, not the company, who tries to maintain a personal and universal balance giving back from what he received.