Martin Blessing (born July 6, 1963) is a German banker and business person.
Blessing received his high-school diploma at the Bischof-Neumann-Schule in Königstein im Taunus.
[3] He was later credited with nursing the bank back to health after it was bailed out with 18.2 billion euros by the German government in early 2009,[4] although its share price remained under pressure.
[5] In his capacity as CEO, Blessing accompanied Chancellor Angela Merkel on various state visits abroad, including to China in 2010[6] and 2012.
A brother-in-law of Blessing, Axel Wieandt, was CEO of Hypo Real Estate from 2008 to 2010.