Following Carsten Schmidt’s exit as CEO at Hertha BSC, investor Lars Windhorst spoke out shortly afterwards via Twitter.
On Tuesday afternoon, Hertha BSC confirmed what had already been circulating in the media: after only ten months, CEO Carsten Schmidt is stepping down at his own request.
Fifteen minutes after the official announcement, investor Lars Windhorst also tweeted and reacted with similar disappointment as Hertha president Werner Gegenbauer. But not just because Schmidt is leaving the club: “I just spoke to Carsten Schmidt on the phone,” he wrote. “We were both upset that things that were confidential had been made public again in advance. He spoke to me about his personal reasons for leaving Hertha, which I respect.”
Schmidt himself cited “irresolvable private reasons due to illness in my immediate family environment” as the motive for his move. “I deeply regret his departure from Hertha BSC,” Windhorst said. “He had great plans, as I know. “
