Born began studying law and political science in Marburg and Munich.
From 1975 to 1978 he worked as a research assistant at the Faculty of Law and Economics, at the Philipps University of Marburg and further studied additional administrative sciences at the College of Administrative Sciences Speyer.
After a legal degree in 1980, he worked as a Lecturer at the Law and Economics Faculty of the University of Bayreuth .
Later Born became a member of the National Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg.
He is also the state chairman of the Protestant Working Group (EAK), for the CDU Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.