Family Investment Office of Michael Weigelt

What Family Investment Office of Michael Weigelt does

The Family Investment Office of Michael Weigelt is a sole proprietorship established in 2018 in Schlangenbad, Germany, operating as an independent management consulting and investment practice under the personal brand of its founder, Michael Weigelt, a former IBM executive with 32 years at the company (1986-2018), including management board positions at IBM Austria and international assignments at IBM's European HQ in Paris and US HQ in New York. The practice offers four integrated service lines: management consulting covering strategic planning, restructuring, innovation management, sales leadership, and succession planning; capital and investment services involving active and dormant equity participations in newly established technology and IT companies; ad interim management for complex restructuring projects; and supervisory/advisory board services.

The business model is professional services-based, with revenue generated from consulting fees, advisory board retainers, interim management assignments, returns from equity participations, and commercial agency/brokerage commissions facilitating market entry for foreign companies into Germany. The go-to-market is enterprise field sales through direct outreach to C-suite executives, boards (Aufsichtsräte/Beiräte), and company leadership via personal networks and referrals — no formal marketing channels or distribution infrastructure exist beyond a LinkedIn profile. Primary customer segments are executive leadership and boards, family-owned enterprises seeking succession planning, and foreign companies entering the DACH market.

Operationally, the practice is a solo consultancy (stated headcount: 1) with no proprietary technology platform, no disclosed customer logos, no published pricing, and no external funding. The firm maintains high-profile governance positions — chairing the advisory council of Confinity Solutions GmbH (since 2019) and the board of AWO Kreisverbands Rheingau-Taunus e.V. (since 2020) — which extend Michael Weigelt's reach into the DACH financial services technology and regional non-profit sectors respectively.

Name

Family Investment Office of Michael Weigelt

Legal name

Michael Weigelt

Website

https://michaelweigelt.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The Family Investment Office of Michael Weigelt is a sole-proprietor consulting and investment practice in Schlangenbad, Germany, founded in 2018 by the former IBM executive, providing strategic advisory, equity participations in technology companies, ad interim management, and board mandates to DACH executive leadership, family-owned enterprises, and foreign market entrants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Strategy & Corporate Development Consulting (BPAHACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Organization Design & Change Management Consulting (BPAHACAD), Operations & Process Improvement Consulting (BPAHACAB), Change Management & Transformation Consulting (BPAHAGAC)

Keywords

• Management consulting services
• Corporate restructuring advisory
• Succession planning consulting
• Equity investment technology
• Ad interim management

Headquarters

HQ city

Schlangenbad

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Management Consulting: Fees for strategic consulting engagements, advisory board memberships, and interim management assignments targeting company leadership and boards of directors.
2. Capital Investments: Returns from equity participations in technology and IT companies, including active and dormant holdings in newly established businesses.
3. Commercial Agency: Brokerage and commercial agency services, particularly facilitating market entry for foreign companies in Germany.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

The firm provides strategic management consulting to executive boards on complex change, restructuring, innovation management, sales leadership, and succession planning; takes equity participations in newly established technology and IT companies (active and dormant holdings); takes on ad interim management roles in restructuring projects; and serves on supervisory and advisory boards. Services are delivered as bespoke engagements for companies in the DACH region.

Product overview

The company operates as a management consulting and investment firm offering four integrated service lines: (1) Management Consulting Services covering strategic planning, restructuring, innovation management, sales leadership, and succession planning for German market entry; (2) Capital & Investment Services involving equity participations in technology and IT companies; (3) Ad Interim Management for complex restructuring projects; and (4) Supervisory & Advisory Board Services. These services are coordinated under Michael Weigelt's personal brand, with consulting and advisory work supported by partner networks.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Management Consulting Services Advisory services for executive boards and business unit management covering transformational change, organizational realignment, business process optimization, strategic planning, innovation management, sales leadership, and succession planning. Targeted at C-suite executives, supervisory and advisory boards, and family-owned enterprises in the DACH region.
• Capital & Investment Services Acquisition of active and dormant equity participations in companies, preferably in newly established technology and IT companies and in companies the firm advises. Includes acting as a commercial agent or broker for international customers seeking German market entry.
• Ad Interim Management
• Supervisory & Advisory Board Services Membership and chairmanship of supervisory and advisory boards for companies, including the chairperson role at Confinity Solutions GmbH since 2019.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Confinity Solutions GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Confinity Solutions is a worldwide leading provider of low-latency messaging solutions for stock exchanges and financial institutions. Michael Weigelt serves as Chairman of the Advisory Council since 2019, providing strategic guidance to this technology company serving the financial sector.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Kienbaum Consultants International: German consultancy known for executive search, HR consulting, and family business advisory. Directly comparable on succession planning and family-owned enterprise advisory - one of Weigelt's stated focus areas.
• Ebner Stolz: German audit, tax, and management consulting firm with strong Mittelstand focus. Overlaps with Weigelt on restructuring, succession planning, and family business advisory services in Germany.
• Horváth: German management consulting firm with strong performance management, controlling, and transformation practices. Comparable DACH focus and overlaps with Weigelt's financial and value-creation advisory emphasis.
• RölfsPartner: German consulting firm with strong restructuring and turnaround practice. Directly comparable to Weigelt's 'complex restructuring' and ad interim management services for Mittelstand clients.
• h&z Unternehmensberatung: German strategy and operations consultancy serving large European corporates. Comparable on transformation, strategy, and sales effectiveness work for DACH-headquartered enterprises.
• Staufen AG: German management consultancy specializing in operational excellence, transformation, and Mittelstand clients. Directly comparable to Weigelt on transformation focus, German industrial/family business client base, and operational improvement services.

Broad incumbents

• Roland Berger: Large German-headquartered strategy and management consulting firm. Overlaps with Weigelt's strategic planning and restructuring focus, but operates at much greater scale across global markets with formal industry practices.
• McKinsey & Company: Global management consulting leader with extensive German practice. Comparable on strategy, organizational transformation, and board-level advisory, though serving much larger and more complex engagements.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/michaelweigelt

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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