Dr. Karl Michael Popp

I am a senior advisor at Lincoln International and a retired member of the Corporate Development M&A team at SAP SE in Germany.

In my 30 year career i have worked on over 50 acquisitions and successful merger integrations as well as a few divestitures, including SAP´s largest divestiture of the financial services solutions and organization to create SAP Fioneer.

I am a speaker, author of books and scholarly articles as well as an advisor on the software industry, software ecosystems and platform business models.

My blog is in the Feedspot top ten Best M&A Blogs and websites to follow in 2025.