Michael Römer (born 23 December 1946 in Alheim, Hesse) is a German business executive, and former chairman and CEO of Merck.

He grew up in Offenbach am Main, where his father was an engineer at Hoechst AG (now Sanofi).

[1][2][3] Römer was President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Darmstadt 2000–2009.

He received the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2008.

This German business-related biographical article is a stub.