Kim Klebolte (born 1997) studied psychology, economics and social policy in Osnabrück, Vancouver and Oxford after graduating from high school at 16. During her studies, she was already involved in a variety of political activities, including serving as a youth delegate in the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia, completing internships in political consulting in Berlin and at the German Embassy in Washington, D.C., and most recently as a German youth delegate at the G7 Summit in France in 2018/19. After a stint in innovation consulting at the German-American Chamber of Commerce in San Francisco, Kim joined the German digital association Bitkom e.V. in August 2020 as Head of Corporate Affairs, providing strategic support to the executive board.