Jena Business Development - JenaWirtschaft - offers a comprehensive and competent business service for local and new companies. With our 10 years of expertise in Jena, we can advise you on all matters related to business and support your investement in Jena. We also actively promote Jena as a technology location.





Domenique Dölz
cluster manager digital business and science


Daniela Drilltzsch
skilled employee service
project "JUPITER"



Susanne Gerhardt
project "Teilhabe am Wachstum in Jena" (Participation in Growth in Jena)

Olivia Busch
project "Teilhabe am Wachstum in Jena" (Participation in Growth in Jena)




Florian Lauterbach
student employee
location marketing
Jena Business Development - Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft Jena mbH, is a municipal company. Its shareholders are the City of Jena (95%) and the Sparkasse Jena-Saale-Holzland (5%). A supervisory board, consisting of representatives of the economy, science and city council, determines the orientation and tasks of Jena Business Development.
Supervisory Board:
- Chairman: Dr. Thomas Nitzsche, Oberbürgermeister Stadt Jena
- Deputy Chairman: Christian Gerlitz, SPD
- Dr. Ute Bergner, Managing Director VACOM Vakuum Komponenten & Messtechnik GmbH
- Michael Rabich, Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors Sparkasse Jena-Saale-Holzland
- Mihajlo Kolakovic, Managing Director KOLAKOVIC & PARTNER Personalberatung
- Dr. Patrick Markschläger, Director SCHOTT in Jena
- Prof. Dr. Jürgen Popp, Director Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien e. V.
- Prof. Dr. Walter Rosenthal, President Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
- Dr. Holger Becker, SPD
- Stefan Beyer, FDP
- Torsten Wolf (MdL), DIE LINKE