A new chapter for APE: Jan and Stefan Popien take the helm as Co-CEOs
September 2nd, 2026We are pleased to announce that Stefan Popien and his father, APE co-founder Jan Popien, jointly lead APE as Co-CEOs. For Jan, it is a return: he co-founded APE in 1992 and led the company as CEO for more than two decades. Now he comes back to the helm to support Stefan as APE transitions to the next generation. Stefan, meanwhile, has been part of APE in one way or another since childhood. In 2008, while still at school, he developed the first version of...