Dear {{first_name}} ,
We're excited to share an upcoming founder retreat organised by ex-McKinsey founder & coach Alexander Volz, together with Dr. Jens Riese — former Senior Partner at McKinsey, therapist, and IFS practitioner. Details are below, with the application form available here.
This is a deeply curated group of 10 founders only — 4 days in the Alps doing real inner work, in nature, with people who understand the weight of what you're building.
This retreat is a profound update of your inner operating system that drives everything else
Best,
Reece & the X26 Team
Limited Spots Available: 10 spots per retreat
World Class Retreat Leaders Committed to Your Success
Dr Jens Riese
Leadership Coach ·Therapist & Meditation Teacher
Former Senior Partner at McKinsey (Munich and Silicon Valley), where he co-led the Innovation and Sustainability practices and served as global Dean for Leadership Development. After McKinsey, Jens co-founded and invested in several startups. Today he works as a therapist, executive coach, and leadership guide – supporting founders, investors, and leadership teams in deep transformation journeys. He brings together leadership science, Internal Family Systems (IFS) and trauma-informed therapy, somatic practice, and nature-based wisdom – all grounded in his own experience of building, leading, and making the inner journey himself. He holds a PhD from Cambridge and has worked with leaders across 25+ countries.
Alexander Volz
Founder/CEO Coach · Investor
Alexander coaches CEOs and founders at the highest levels of ambition and complexity – from first VC funding through $10B+ valuations. His clients include Europe’s fastest-growing AI companies and CEOs of companies with thousands of employees. As founder of a B2B startup he built and sold, a Strategy Consultant at McKinsey, and leader of the CEO office of a unicorn, he has lived every stage of the journey himself. He is trained in ontological coaching and is a IFS therapy, working at the intersection of trauma-informed therapy,leadership transformation, and spirituality. He has led multiple founder retreats in the Alps. His work rests on a single conviction: that the next generation of world-changing companies will be built by leaders who learn to lead from love, not fear.
What Others Say
"From our first conversation, Alexander brought a calm clarity that cut through the noise – inner growth that translated directly into sharper decisions, faster execution, and the confidence to scale from €1M to €10M ARR."
Alexander Kübel
Founder & CEO · Kombo (YC S23)
"Every minute and every hour matters. As a founder, you must spend time on what is most important. Spending a weekend in nature, planning for the future in an environment where your best ideas are flourishing was such a good investment."
Hasan Sukkar
Founder & CEO · 11x.ai, Forbes 30 under 30
| x-McKinsey | funding by Project A Ventures, Benchmark, etc.
”Jens can seamlessly pull from a broad range of practices from the fields of coaching, developmental learning, therapy, consulting, to meet the unique needs of individuals or groups”
Johanne Lavoie
Author of the Bestseller "Centered Leadership”