Markus Jakob Asch is a businessperson who has been the head of 5 different companies and currently occupies the position of Managing Director at Rittal Beteiligungs GmbH, Co-Managing Director at RITTAL RGS Großschaltschränke GmbH, Managing Director at RITTAL Service Verwaltungs GmbH and Chairman-Management Board & CEO of Rittal International Stiftung & Co. KG. Mr. Asch is also on the board of Interroll Holding AG and Kärcher (UK) Ltd.

Markus Jakob Asch previously occupied the position of Chief Technology Officer of Alfred Kärcher SE & Co. KG and Chief Executive Officer at Kärcher North America, Inc. (a subsidiary of Alfred Kärcher SE & Co. KG).

He received an undergraduate degree from Esslingen Technical College.