Andreas Rötzer studied Creative Industries and Philosophy in Passau and Paris, obtaining his Ph.D. in Philosophy, and did several scholarships, traineeships and internships at Librairie Marissal in Paris, Farrar, Straus & Giroux in New York and Armando Editore in Rome et al. 
In 2004 he founded Matthes & Seitz Berlin and has been Executive Director ever since.