About
Strategic consulting expert with 15 years of experience and a recognized authority in pricing strategy; founded Fern Partners (sold to PwC), lectures in pricing at Stanford MBA and holds a PhD. Serves as the firm's in-house pricing expert.
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Experience
- StartXMentorcurrent2026 — presentPalo Alto, CA
- IESE Business SchoolGuest Lecturercurrent2021 — presentBarcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessGuest Lecturercurrent2018 — presentStanford, California
- Movens CapitalManaging Partnercurrent2018 — present
- Competera Pricing PlatformMember Of The Board Of Advisorscurrent2020 — present
- Movens AdvisoryManaging Partnercurrent2018 — presentWarsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Uniwersytet WarszawskiLecturer at Faculty of Management2009 — 2020
- PwCDirector / Principal2016 — 2018
- FernPartnersDirector/Founding partner at FernPartners2010 — 2016Warsaw Area, Poland
- LingaroPartner2015Warszawa
- Simon-Kucher & PartnersSenior Consultant / Manager2008 — 2009Warsaw, Bonn
- Simon-Kucher & PartnersConsultant2007 — 2008
- ConQuest ConsultingVice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board2006 — 2008
- Nestle Polska S.AProduct manager2005 — 2007
- Nestle Polska S.AMarket research trainee2005
- ConQuest ConsultingSenior Conslutant2004 — 2005
- ConQuest ConsultingPresident2003 — 2004
- ConQuest ConsultingConsultant2002 — 2003
Skills & more
Pricing Analysis9Venture Capital5Guest Lecturing6Startups6Management Consulting64Market Research65Pricing42Innovation Management6Product Management15Product Development6Portfolio Management4Sales12
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Business StrategyMarket EntryPricing StrategyStrategyMarket AnalysisProject ManagementMergers & AcquisitionsManagementMarketing ResearchLanguages English · German
- Certified Business coach — ICF Poland
- Dr / Ph.D — University of Warsaw
From Maciej's professional profile.
Colleagues at Movens Capital
Artur Banach
Partner at Movens Capital
Bartosz Składzień
Investment Director at Movens Capital
Caroline Menkes
Investment Associate at Mantis Capital
Łukasz Lewandowski
Investment Director at Movens Capital
Lukasz Pawlowski
Partner at Movens Capital
Łukasz Pawłowski
Partner at Movens Capital
Michal Olszewski
Partner at Movens Capital
Michał Olszewski
Partner at Movens Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Maciej Kraus?
- Strategic consulting expert with 15 years of experience and a recognized authority in pricing strategy; founded Fern Partners (sold to PwC), lectures in pricing at Stanford MBA and holds a PhD. Serves as the firm's in-house pricing expert.
- Where does Maciej Kraus work?
- Maciej Kraus is Partner at Movens Capital.
- Where did Maciej Kraus go to school?
- Maciej Kraus studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Executive education, Marketing/Marketing Management); Harvard University (Organizational Leadership); University of Warsaw (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Management).
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