Philipp von der Wippel is the co-manager of ProjectTogether, a non-profit organization that drives social transformation, and which he had founded in 2012 at the age of 16 as a student. With his team, he has since then initiated 10 mission-oriented social innovation processes tackling social challenges such as climate change, plastic pollution, or the covid-pandemic. Among ProjectTogether’s activities are #WirVsVirus, the world’s biggest hackathon and its following implementation program, which supported and scaled 150 solutions from civil society for the Covid-crisis in 2020 under the patronage of the German chancellery. The follow-up initiative UpdateDeutschland involved state partners from all federal levels in Germany in an open social innovation process in 2021. After the attack on Ukraine, Philipp initiated together with his team the Alliance4Ukraine: a coordinating alliance of over 400 organizations from civil society, foundations, state institutions, and companies for the support of refugees and the systemic improvement of their integration.
Born in Munich, Philipp studied philosophy, politics and economics at the University of Oxford. He has been an honorary board member of Social Entrepreneurship Network Germany (SEND e. V.) since 2019 and has received several accolades as a thought leader and pioneer for social change.