Alphapaar Mandy & Ben Schobel

Who is the Alphapaar?

The story of Mandy and Ben Schobel is not a classic entrepreneurial story.

It is a life journey full of breaks, courage and radical honesty.

They start out in professional sports, later appearing together on the big musical stages – full of passion, discipline and joy in what they do. But life suddenly pulls them out of the spotlight. When their son is just seven months old, Ben has to undergo life-threatening heart surgery. No savings. No prospects. Mandy on parental leave. Two people at a turning point – and yet: together, they survive this too. And start afresh.

With nothing but 200 euros, an old laptop and a burning desire to take control of their own destiny, they found their first e-commerce company. They scale up to multimillions. Build a strong team. On the outside: success, applause, recognition. On the inside: emptiness, exhaustion, speechlessness.

They lose themselves – as individuals, as a couple, as human beings. The pressure mounts. Pill addiction. Alcohol. Mandy goes back to work two hours after giving birth to her second child – for fear of losing everything again. But what they had really lost was touch with themselves. Finally, the collapse follows: bankruptcy. Loss of control. The moment when many give up.

But they choose a different path.

They pack their children into an old camper van. And drive off. Without a plan. But with the courage to feel anew. To think anew. To live anew. They sleep in car parks. They argue about money, about fears, about everything that has been smouldering beneath the surface for years. And they talk again – not about to-do lists, but about dreams. About closeness. About what is really important to them.

They learn:

• Relationships are not a place of perfection. But of transformation.
• It is not the outside that heals you – but the honesty in your innermost being.
• It is not security that saves you – but the courage to show yourself. Without a mask. Without a role.

Today, they are not only more successful than ever before – as speakers, mentors and entrepreneurs. But above all, they are more conscious. More alive. More genuine. As a power couple. As parents. And as people who no longer have to shine, but are allowed to radiate.

They accompany people who are in the midst of life – with family, career, responsibility – and yet ask themselves: Is that all there is? People who function, perform, organise – but lose sight of themselves in the process. Who feel that they want more: more vitality, more closeness, more meaning.

What Mandy and Ben Schobel pass on is not a theoretical concept. It is lived life. With all its highs and lows. With real growth instead of obsession with optimisation. With space for feelings, visions, clarity – and the ability to rediscover oneself.

Not faster, higher, further. But more conscious, more honest, more alive.
Not either/or. But everything – as a person, as a couple, in everyday life.

Because life doesn’t become more perfect when we conform. But when we start to truly show ourselves.

The Alphapaar Mandy & Ben Schobel are revolutionising classic lectures as keynote art performers. They combine keynote speeches, music, singing and acting into a profound experience that touches, inspires and transforms.