Andreas Wil Gerdes

Thought leader in the digital nomad movement and a key contributor to the telecommunications industry, having parlayed the technology that powers remote work.

He sold his first business at the age of 20. Working out of a garage, he successfully built what would become part of Orange PLC. He was one of the 7 winners of the European Award “Elite of the Future” (Elite der Zukunft), the nominators of which included BMW, Deutsche Bank, and many others.

Andreas has also been prominently featured in the Financial Times publication ‘101 Leaders of the New Economy’. He has inspired hundreds of entrepreneurs – creating a supernova effect through the power of his vision in motion.

But that’s not what he wants to be known for, he prefers another title, #father. His content across social media preaches a new ‘life-centric’ movement that allows parents to spend far more time with their children than the traditional educational system would like to see.

Andreas is one of many parents in the digital nomad community like Lona Alia, Lizz Quain, and Lily Bruns who are showing a new model for parenting while teleworking from every continent on earth and living a full life with their children.

In the 1990s, Andreas recognized Malta’s potential for teleworking and online innovation, making it his family’s home base and contributing to its growth as a digital nomads’ and remote business hub.