Max Otte (full name Matthias Otte born 7 October 1964 in Plettenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia) is professor for general and international business administration at the University of Applied Sciences Worms and head of the Cologne-based IFVE Institut für Vermögensentwicklung GmbH (IFVE: a privately owned institute for asset development), which he founded in 2003, and independent investment fund manager.