# Jan Rihak

> Jan Rihak is the Zurich-based co-founder and Co-CEO responsible for Classtime’s DACH/European business. An ETH Zurich computer science graduate with a Cambridge MBA, he previously worked at McKinsey, MoneyPark and UBS Switzerland. He has helped develop the scholarship organisation Aiducation International since 2009 and advocates classroom technology that gives teachers timely information about student understanding.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and Co-CEO (DACH/Europe) at Classtime
- **Organizations:** Classtime, Aiducation International, McKinsey & Company, MoneyPark AG, UBS Switzerland
- **Education:** Master of Science in Computer Science, ETH Zurich, MBA, University of Cambridge
- **Known for:** Helped build MoneyPark from four to eighty employees, according to his DSLK 2026 biography., Co-founded and co-leads Classtime; its February 2024 announcement reported activity in more than 90 countries., Helped develop Aiducation International from 2009 onward.

## Career timeline

- **2009** — Began helping establish and grow Aiducation International; helped develop its UK activities.
- **2010** — Signed an Aiducation International UK letter thanking Creating Cambridge for £151 raised at its summer barbecue.
- **2012** — Identified as COO of MyMoneyPark in a September Startwerk profile.
- **2015** — Published a LinkedIn article recruiting for digital transformation roles in Swiss banking.
- **2018** — Began helping build Classtime, according to his 2026 DSLK speaker biography.
- **2019** — Cycled 1,000 km from Switzerland to the Atlantic coast to benefit Aiducation, according to a scholarship campaign update.
- **2024** — Classtime announced Series A financing in February and growth capital from Lendity in November.

## Achievements

- Helped build MoneyPark from four to eighty employees, according to his DSLK 2026 biography.
- Co-founded and co-leads Classtime; its February 2024 announcement reported activity in more than 90 countries.
- Helped develop Aiducation International from 2009 onward.
- Classtime was selected for the HundrED/Jacobs Foundation Formative Assessment Spotlight launched in 2021 and documented in the June 2022 report.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — The published DSLK 2026 programme lists Rihak for a 12 November 2026 masterclass about making student learning visible more frequently and the implications of AI; this is a scheduled appearance.
- **2026-04** — Investor and adviser Dirk Schuran shared a 10 April working-session post naming Rihak, Maximilian Locca and Bora Erbil, with a photograph of Schuran and Rihak.
- **2025-02** — Rihak shared Lendity’s founder interview about Classtime’s use of venture debt.
- **2024-11** — Lendity published its Classtime growth-capital case study on 11 November.

## Links

- Website: https://www.classtime.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-rihak/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/janrihak
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jan.rihak

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Last updated: 2026-10-15