After studying economics at the University of Hohenheim and in Toronto, Canada until 2007, Robert Schefenacker held various positions in the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, including CFO of J.B. Metzler Verlag (a humanities publisher). From 2016 to 2019, he was CFO of Argon Verlag, Berlin (an audio publisher) and also Senior Project Manager of Holtzbrinck Buchverlage. Since January 2020, he has been part of the management team at S. Fischer Verlag in Frankfurt (one of Germany's leading trade publishers) as CFO. In addition, he is a volunteer on the budget committee of the German Bookseller’s and Publisher’s Association. He also has close family ties to Taiwan and admires Taiwan's local publishing and bookstore sector.