Henrik Zillmer

Henrik Zillmer is the Chairman of the global air passenger rights company AirHelp and an Advisor at Y Combinator, currently based in New York, New York. Before transitioning to his current board position, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of AirHelp, building it into a recognized travel technology brand. Previously, he worked as an executive at Rocket Internet, where he launched the fashion e-commerce platform Zalora across eight Asian countries. During his tenure at Zalora, he directed hyper-scaling operations that expanded the enterprise's workforce from five to 2,000 employees in less than twelve months. As a serial entrepreneur, he has founded more than ten startups across the travel, insurance, and software sectors, including the flexible workspace company ROOM. His professional background centers on driving international market expansion, advising early-stage founders, and scaling operations for high-growth technology ventures.