Fred Kogel has served as CEO of LEONINE Studios since 2019, a company he co-founded in the same year together with private equity investor KKR. The group covers the entire value chain of the content business and, under Fred Kogel's leadership, has evolved into the leading independent production and distribution group in the German-speaking world. 

With over 35 years of experience, Fred Kogel is one of Germany's leading media executives and producers. He has achieved great success as a producer of major television events such as WETTEN, DASS…? (1991–1995), the EUROVISION SONG CONTEST (1989–1991), the acclaimed LATE NIGHT SHOW for ARD, Sat.1, and Sky (2004–2011) – produced together with Harald Schmidt – and the awards ceremony broadcast of the German Film Awards (2013). As Head of Entertainment at ZDF, Program Director and Board Member at Sat.1, and CEO of the publicly listed Constantin Film AG, he had a lasting impact on the industry and played a key role in expanding media companies. 

For his entrepreneurial achievements, Fred Kogel has received numerous honors, including the "European Distributor of the Year Award" from the international cinema association UNIC and the Film Expo Group, the "Game Changer Award" from the Zurich Film Festival, and Variety’s "International Achievement in Film Award," among others. 

Since 2021, Fred Kogel has served on the Executive Board of the German Producers Alliance, the leading independent representative body for producers of film, TV and audiovisual media in Germany.