| Verena Hubertz | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MdB |
| Office: | Member of the Bundestag for Trier |
| Signature: | Verena Hubertz Signature.svg |
| Term Start: | 2021 |
| Birth Date: | 1987 11, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Trier, West Germany |
| Party: | SPD |
| Nationality: | German |
| Alma Mater: | Trier University of Applied Sciences (Bachelor) WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management (MSc) |
| Occupation: | politician |
| Predecessor: | Andreas Steier |
Verena Ute Hubertz (born 26 November 1987) is a German entrepreneur and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2021.[1]
Hubertz was born in Trier in 1987 as the daughter of a locksmith and a parish expert worker. She grew up in Konz and Lampaden.[2] After graduating from high school, she studied business administration at Trier University of Applied Sciences (Bachelor) and at WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management in Vallendar (MSc). She gained her first professional experience at the Lebenshilfe-Werke Trier, Vodafone, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Commerzbank.
After successfully completing her studies, she went to Berlin to work with a fellow student to found the startup Kitchen Stories, a video-based cooking platform with over 20 million users and 60 employees.[3] In 2017, BSH became the majority owner of Kitchen Stories.[4] At the end of 2020, she gave up her position as managing director to run for the Bundestag in her home constituency.
Hubertz became a member of the Bundestag in the 2021 German federal election. She won the direct mandate in the constituency of Trier with a 5.3% lead over incumbent Andreas Steier.[5] She has since been serving as one her parliamentary group's deputy chairs, under the leadership of chairman Rolf Mützenich.[6] [7]