about me

about me

I love communication, business, science, and sports. I was born in 1994, grew up in Gelsenkirchen and Herten-Westerholt where i currently live. This is what i do:

work

  • i work fulltime as a CEO at the company my father founded. The Büning GmbH & Co. KG
  • i work on some private projects, like a sourdough baking workshop and business consulting for friends

volunteering work

  • I am a member of the mediawiki (wikipedia, etc.) foundation (since 2019)
  • I am a member of the Düsseldorfer Aufklärungsdienst e. V. (since 2021)
  • I am a Member of the Giordano Bruno Stiftung (since 2020)

what else...

I really do a lot of stuff! I have a no longer produced podcast, which I played very irregularly with my best buddy Dominik. I also do a lot of sports, like riding a bike (road bike or MTB is fine with me) and occasionally weight training.

I am a humanist. I would describe myself as liberal-left. As a supporting member of the Giordano Bruno Stiftung as well as a member of the Düsseldorf Aufklärungsdienst e. V., I am committed to the secularization and enlightenment of people. I think religion and beliefsystems should not play a role in our time.

Since 2022, I have been donating 3 % of my annual net income to the most effective organizations worldwide under the 3 % Pledge at Giving What We Can.

I am a pretty straight-edge person, which means no drugs, no psychodelics, no alcohol (which is part of the other two categories, if you deny it, you should overthink your relationship with that stuff), only sugar and coffee, and both in only small amounts.

my transparent past

For transparency-reasons i will keep a list of things that changed, and that i do no longer do:

  • i was a member of the partei der humanisten (humanists party in Germany) i worked at the federal executive board (Bundesvorstand) and also on social media, marketing and the state executive board (Landesvorstand) of NRW (2020 - 2021) until 2025
  • I was the secretary treasurer of the Kleingartenverein Paschenberg e. V. (2024 - 2025)
  • I was a Member of the GWUP (Gesellschaft zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung von Parawisschenschaften / the german sceptipcs group) (since 2021), which i left due to the changes in the management (end of 2024)
  • I have been the cash auditor at the federal executive level of the partei der humanisten (Bundeskassenprüfer) (as of 2024 - 2025)