Prince of Bismarck and politician currently serving as the head of the House of Bismarck. He also served as a member of the German Federal Parliament from 2005 to 2007.
After finishing secondary school in 1982, he served in the military for two years before going on to study finance. He worked in New York City for Shearson Lehman and eventually earned his bachelor's degree in International Business from UCLA.
He returned to Germany after university at the request of his father.
His mother is Belgian countess Elisabeth Lippens and his father is lawyer Ferdinand Bismarck. He has been married to Laura Harring, Celia Demaurex and Nathalie Bariman. In 2016, he married Alessandra Silvestri-Lévy. He is the father of two children.
He counts Angela Merkel as a close friend.