 Ekkehart Schlicht was born in 1945 in the Northern German city of Kiel.He attended the Freie Waldorfschule Rendsburg (Schleswig-Holstein) where he completed his Abitur in 1965.Schlicht attended the University of Kiel from 1965 to 1967, and University of Regensburg from 1967 to 1969, where he received the title of Diplom-Volkswirt in 1969.