Philipp started his career as a medical doctor at the German Armed Forces but left the German Bundeswehr as a captain to join politics in 2003. He served as the chairman of the Free Democratic Party in the German state of Lower-Saxony in which he was Deputy-Prime Minister and Minister of Economics, Labour and Transport. In 2009 he joined the Federal Government of Germany as a Minister of Health in Federal Chancellor Merkel's second cabinet. In 2011 Philipp Rösler was elected as the Chairman of the Free Democratic Party in Germany and changed his portfolio to Federal Minister of Economics and Technology. He also became Vice-Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.
2013 Dr Rösler left politics and joined the Managing Board of the World Economic Forum in Geneva for four years.
Thus he found his way to Switzerland, where he settled with his family in Zürich and collected trusting clients and board memberships ever since.
Philipp早期的职业生涯是从在德国联邦国防军担任军医开始，他之后于2003年离开军队并以投身政坛。他曾担任德国下萨克森州自由民主党主席，担任该州副州长、经济、劳工和运输部长。2009年，他加入德国联邦政府，在默克尔总理第二届内阁中担任卫生部长。2011年，罗斯勒当选德国自由民主党主席，并转任德国副总理兼经济和技术部长。
2013年，罗斯勒离开政界，加入位于日内瓦的世界经济论坛管理委员会工作了四年。
自此他来到瑞士，并与家人在苏黎世定居，开始积累可信赖的客户和董事会成员资格。