The foundation was established in 2001 with a capital stock of DM 1 million by Professors Günter Faltin (80%) and Dietrich Winterhager (20%). As shareholders of Projektwerkstatt GmbH, they have also made all distributions from the company available to the Entrepreneurship Foundation since 2001.

The foundation is active on its own initiative, with the intention of influencing the environment for entrepreneurship favorably. It has its headquarters in Berlin.

„Even in high school, I loved reading about Henry Ford, Andrew Carnegie or the Rothschilds. Not as subject matter, but under the bank. In my day, studying economics was considered something disreputable, even indecent. Yet I could hardly imagine anything more exciting and educational. I even had to read the economics section of the FAZ in secret.” Prof. Günter Faltin