Author
Bernhard Neumann
Bernhard Neumann is founder and managing director of Builderz. He helps founders and executives build a public reputation on LinkedIn.
Background
From golf professional to personal branding strategist.
Golf from the age of eight, discovered at a Bavarian maypole festival. Several Bavarian titles followed, victory in the Jugendländerpokal with the Bavarian squad, and the German runner-up title. At 16 Bernhard was called up to the German national team. At 18 he became the first German to win the Boys Amateur Championship in England.
Then college golf at Oklahoma State University, home to one of America's best golf teams for decades. He finished his MBA there near the top of his class. Almost four years as a professional golfer followed, on three international satellite tours across Europe and the Middle East. The biggest result: second place at the Muscat Hills GOLF CITIZEN Championship in Oman.
After professional sport he rose to team lead in record time at a management consultancy. Self-employed since 2019, he founded Builderz in 2022. He brings fifteen years in marketing to the work, eight of them in personal branding for founders and executives. Since 2022 he has lectured in communication at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich. As a personal branding speaker he is booked internationally, from NFT NYC in New York to the MUC Web3 Innovation Forum.
- 2003 – 2006National teamCalled up at 16, at 18 the first German to win the Boys Amateur Championship.
- 2007 – 2010College golf, Oklahoma StateOne of America's best teams. Finished with an MBA, near the top of his class.
- 2013 – 2016Professional golferThree international satellite tours across Europe and the Middle East. Second place in Oman.
- Since 2019EntrepreneurConsulting first, team lead in record time. Self-employed since 2019, Builderz founded in 2022.
- Since 2022Lecturer & speakerLectures in communication at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, booked internationally as a speaker.
Approach
Think big or go home.
That was the motto at Oklahoma State University. On the golf course, in the gym, and in the lecture hall. He made the move from professional sport into business with the same excellence that had marked his sporting career.
At Builderz that standard is now: The best or nothing. Discipline and competitive drive from elite sport, applied to personal branding for founders, executives, and professional athletes. And when Bernhard is not working, you will find him on the golf course. His love for the game is unchanged.
Bernhard is a real branding fox. I appreciate his strategic approach and his honest, direct nature. I can rely on him and the results speak for themselves.
Thomas Müller · FC Bayern & German national team
Builderz System
LinkedIn should turn into reputation.
Builderz takes over positioning, ghostwriting, and distribution for founders and executives who want to be understood more clearly in their market.