Rolf Dobelli

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Rolf Dobelli (born 1966) is a Swiss novelist and entrepreneur.

He was born in 1966 in Lucerne, Switzerland. In 1986, he enrolled at the University of St. Gallen, where he studied business, earning an MBA in 1991 and a PhD in 1995. In 1999, he co-founded getabstract, provider of book summaries (both in fiction and non-fiction). He began working for Swissair in 1992 and held several managerial positions.

In 2003, Diogenes Verlag published his first novel, Fünfunddreissig (literally, "Thirty-five"). It became a bestseller and was translated into several languages. His second novel, Und was machen Sie beruflich? ("What Do You Do for a Living?") was published in 2004, Himmelreich, in 2006, and Wer bin ich? ("Who am I?") in 2007 all by Diogenes.

Dobelli's specialty is the intersection between business and fiction. The major themes in his work include the search for meaning in the workplace, the meaning of success and the role of randomness in life. His fictional questionnaires ^[1] on these topics have been reprinted in several newspapers and magazines. Critics and readers have praised him as one of the few fiction writers who thoroughly understand the business world, from both an academic and practical point of view.