HQ Trust traces its roots to the different post-war investments of the Quandt family in German industrial enterprises. Starting in 1973, these industrial stakes were divested, including those in Industriewerke Karlsruhe, signaling the family’s shift toward a broad financial strategy.
It was renamed in 1981 when the Harald Quandt Holding was formed. This holding company was created to corporatize the family fortunes and investment of the progeny of Harald Quandt by amalgamating family resources and professionalizing financial governance within the family. Within a few years, during the1980s, the Holding gained a reputation for its strategic management of assets.
By 1988, Harald Quandt Holding was ready to burst out of its traditional mantle of a single-family office. The firm started to admit other wealthy families and institutional investors into the fold, to emerge as a multifamily office. A strategic minority stake in FERI/Sauerborn added expertise in managing large international portfolios to increase the firm’s capability and standing for wealth management.
After growing into one of the largest multi-family offices in Germany, the family decided to sell its shares of FERI/Sauerborn in 2006 and formed HQ Trust. This would be a new organization that would provide the broadest possible scope of services to cater to every aspect for a family or institution seeking advice on preservation and growth of their wealth.
It was to further expand over time, and in 2016, the company opened another office in Düsseldorf. This further allowed HQ Trust to offer more expertise and fine-tune its structure while setting it in a leading position among German multi-family offices. Today, HQ Trust is one of the names noted for its operations in wealth management, drawing its roots from strategic growth and innovation. Today, the firm belongs to our list of the 100 top multi family offices in Germany as well as our German family office list.
Last Updated on November 14, 2024
