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About empower

We empower employees around the world to do their best work every day.

Career Our Mission

 

We simplify Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 is the standard software in offices around the world. More than a billion people use Word, PowerPoint, Excel, or Outlook every day – often without fully knowing how to get the most out of these tools. That costs time, leads to average results, and rarely sparks joy at work.

We know Microsoft 365 like the back of our hand. We’ve spent years working with it day and night, learning its strengths and weaknesses. We love it – even if it’s not perfect in every situation. After all, it was designed for a wide range of users, which naturally creates some tensions: corporate design versus formatting freedom, feature-richness versus efficiency. And as every team tries to solve their own challenges, IT faces growing complexity from countless add-ins.

That’s why we created empower® – to revolutionize everyday work with Microsoft 365. The empower® Suite simplifies Microsoft 365 so anyone can create professional documents in no time. It empowers brand managers to ensure the brand shines through in every Office file. And it helps IT cut down on complexity by replacing a jungle of add-ins with one central solution for all Office apps.

In short: Our mission is to simplify Microsoft 365 – for users, for brand teams, and for IT. So work becomes easier, looks better, and is more enjoyable again.

Or as we like to say: Simplify Microsoft 365

 

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Features Our Values

 

At empower, “team” isn’t just a word — it’s how we operate.

We’re driven not by internal competition but by the joy of working together. This shared motivation helps us inspire each other to grow. With real passion, we work as one toward a single goal: helping you fall in love with Microsoft Office through our solutions.

We're our own strictest critics and motivators. We don't settle for consistently working to a high standard – we want to push harder to get even better every day. That aspiration motivates us to remain the "gold standard" for Microsoft Office development worldwide.

Our clients – that means you – always deserve our highest priority and support. No matter whether during the sales process, implementation, or after acceptance. We love enthusiastic customers – that’s why we get up in the morning!

We don’t make false promises – either during sales or implementation. We openly address issues and collaborate closely with our clients to solve problems. We don’t fear criticism – we appreciate it: it helps us get better and better.

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Diagramm Our Story

 

15 years of empower

The idea for empower began when our founders, Stephan and Fabian, met during their first job as management consultants. In countless projects, they saw how much time was lost in Microsoft Office and how much more efficient clients became when simple automations were used. Back then, these were macros. Clients got working solutions instantly and loved them.

Stephan and Fabian continued to develop their idea while working full-time, pouring in passion while wondering if there was even a market for it. But the demand kept growing, and in 2009, empower was officially launched. Watch our full story in the video:

 

Share Our Team

 

Meet the people who make empower what it is.

Over 130 people work every day to make using Microsoft 365 simpler, faster, and more on-brand. Our team brings together top experts from product development, customer success, marketing and sales, and more with one shared goal: to create solutions that truly help and provide support we’d want ourselves.

What makes us stand out isn’t just our know-how. It’s our team spirit, openness, and the sense of purpose you feel from day one at empower. Our culture is built on trust, respect, and real collaboration – on equal footing, no matter your title or role. Meet the people who make empower what it is.

 

 

 

 

 

 

“empower® is a company where a great team sells high quality products and I get the training I need to be successful.”
Felix Buller
Felix Brüning

Director of Marketing & Sales

“I chose empower® because of the feeling of cohesion and positivity in my team as well as the dynamic, undogmatic individualized approach of the company (especially in questions of training organization).”
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Matthias Schneider

Software Engineer

“The flat hierarchies and the good, positive working atmosphere.”
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Stefanie Mraß

Senior Onboarding Specialist

“I decided to join empower® because of the flexibility offered to me and the possibility to combine family and career.”
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Ines Baur

Head of Human Resources

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People Our Founders: Fabian Willebrand & Stephan Kuhnert

 

Two consultants with a shared vision: to make office work easier, more consistent, and on-brand.

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Fabian Willebrand and Stephan Kuhnert met in 2004 at Accenture GmbH, where they advised clients from various industries on IT and strategy. Even then, they noticed how much time companies lost due to complicated document management and formatting.

Just a year later, they launched empower while still consulting. What started as a small project for custom Office solutions quickly grew into a leading standard software suite for Microsoft 365.

Both come from an IT background. Stephan studied business informatics at the Stuttgart Academy of Administration and Business and later earned an MBA from INSEAD Business School. Fabian studied computer science at the Berufsakademie Stuttgart. They share a passion for smart, intuitive business software and bring deep experience in software sales, agile product management, and leadership.

Their goal then and now: professional, on-brand documents – without the formatting hassle.

Today, empower serves more than 3 million users worldwide. Over half of all DAX companies use empower® daily – to work more productively and keep their brand visible in every document.