GoStudent 2024 operativ profitabel - CEO Felix Ohswald im Talk

2 Sept 2025 · 25 min
24:50

German-language studio interview (2025) with GoStudent founder & CEO Felix Ohswald about the company’s 2024 turnaround and strategy. Key points: GoStudent moved from large losses (a ~€200M record loss earlier) to operational profitability in 2024 through market focus, staff reductions and a strategic pivot into offline (standalone) tutoring alongside online products; 2024 revenues reported around €163–170M with positive adjusted EBITDA (~€14–18M) but an IFRS view showing a small negative (~€4M). The company operates >1,000 physical locations, is active across many European markets (previous peak ~24 countries), and plans to expand locations to multiple thousands (3–5k) to scale toward €500M–€1B revenue in Europe. The talk also covers AI’s role in content/productivity, financing routes (equity, M&A facility, franchising) and leadership learnings from the transformation.

Questions this video answers

Dominik cites €163 million; Felix refers to "knapp €170 million" (both figures reported).

Adjusted/"bereinigt" EBITDA reported between ~€14 million (Dominik) and ~€18 million (Felix); IFRS-adjusted would be about -€4 million.

A record loss of nearly €200 million (Felix's statement).

Over 1,000 locations (Felix).

Expand to roughly 3,000–5,000 locations (Felix) to target ~€500M–€1B revenue in Europe.

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