Stefan Lenze, who was born in Munich in 1974, graduated in law and then worked for the international solicitors’ firms Hogan Lovells LLP and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP in Munich and London. Stefan Lenze joined Motel One in 2011 and initially headed the London office. In July 2014 he succeeded Horst Schaffer who had become Chairman of the Supervisory Board. Since then, Stefan Lenze has been Head of Development and Legal at the Motel One Group. Following Dieter Müller's transition to the supervisory board in 2021, Stefan Lenze and Daniel Müller have assumed joint leadership of the company as Co-CEOs.