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List of 5 large family offices in Germany
Family offices – the investment vehicles of wealthy families – play an important role in the German investment landscape. A distinction is made between single and multi-family offices. While single family offices manage the assets of only one family or family clan, multi-family offices provide asset management or investment advice to several families. This list combines our unique databases of single and multi-family offices in Germany. Below, we present five relevant German family offices from our list.
1. Wirtgen Invest (single)
The Wirtgen brothers sold the family construction machinery company to the US group John Deere a few years ago. Since then, they have been managing their assets through their own family office, Wirtgen Invest. In addition to regular financial market activities and investments in bonds and equities (almost 6,300 assets have already been invested in), the family office has become an important German player in the renewable energy and real estate markets. The portfolio includes prime properties such as the Lyght office building in Düsseldorf, 50 Finsbury Square in London and Taunusanlage 8 in Frankfurt.
2. KOEHLER Group (single)
After selling his company, successful internet entrepreneur Rene Marius Köhler (fahrrad.de) founded his own single family office, the KOEHLER GROUP. The KOEHLER GROUP is a major real estate investor in southern Germany and is also active in start-up financing and financial market investments. The family office has also invested in numerous private equity funds. The real estate portfolio consists of a number of logistics properties and a large number of residential properties in Stuttgart.
3. FOCAM AG (Multi)
The multi-family office FOCAM is also one of the most important multi-family offices in the country. It was founded in 1999 and today employs over 25 family office experts. It manages over 2.5 billion euros of capital in various asset classes. The investment spectrum includes private equity, stocks, bonds, real estate, ressources, art and agriculture. The family office takes over strategic asset allocation, operative asset management, reporting, tax consulting and further classical multi family office servies. The firm belongs to the leading family offices in Germany.
4. Reimann Investors (Single/Multi)
The Munich-based family office Reimann Investors emerged from the Reimann-Dubbers family’s split of shares in the family business in the 1990s. Today, the family office is an active investor in the capital market and in the German start-up world. It invests in equities, bonds, liquid alternative investments and commodities. The start-up portfolio includes companies such as commercetools, Sastrify, spendit and Klarna. What makes the Reimann Investors Family Office special is that a few years ago it was opened to external families, thus becoming a multi-family office.
5. HQ Trust (Multi)
The multi-family office HQ Trust also emerged from the assets of the family of the German industrialist Harald Quandt. HQ Trust was founded in 2006 and is now one of the largest German multi-family offices. HQ Trust handles strategic asset allocation for its clients, invests in alternative investments and sets up its own funds. The private equity investments of the company are covered by HQ Capital.
Information included in our list
The presented database includes both single and multi family offices in Germany. These lists exhibit different data points. A detailed overview of the included data points can be found on the underlying product pages of our European single family office database and European multi family office database. In general, the lists include contact details, background information and the investment focus.
All data points are dependant on public availability.
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Last Updated on January 8, 2025
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