Oliver Grün was born on 13 February 1969 in Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany), and is a German engineer and entrepreneur.
He is the founder and CEO of GRÜN Software AG in Aachen, since 2015 President of European Digital SME Alliance and President of the Federal Association of IT-SMEs of Germany (BITMI), the only information technology industry association which exclusively represents the interests of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in Germany.
Since 2013 he is member of the Advisory Council for IT of the Federal Ministry of Economy, which gives advice on issues concerning the digital economy.