Liechtenstein Academy Foundation

What Liechtenstein Academy Foundation does

The Liechtenstein Academy Foundation (Liechtensteinische Akademie Stiftung) is a private foundation (Stiftung) established over 25 years ago by the Princely House of Liechtenstein and headquartered at Herrengasse 12 in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. It operates as an executive-education provider delivering leadership, personality development, family governance, and sustainability programs, with its residential campus anchored at Schloss Freudenfels in Eschenz, Switzerland. Its flagship offering, the LGT-Curriculum, is structured as a multi-module program built around an international network of experts and practitioners, delivered through residential sessions at the castle and supplemented by a digital layer via the KONVINK learning management system and an Academy Online portal.

The Foundation is governed by a board that includes Prince Hubertus von und zu Liechtenstein (President) and Prince Philipp von und zu Liechtenstein (Founder), along with executives drawn from the wider Liechtenstein ecosystem — notably Matthias Oberholzer, who concurrently serves as Global Head of HR at LGT, evidencing the Foundation's deep operational tie to LGT (Liechtensteinische Landesbank / LGT Group) as its primary enterprise customer. The business model is best characterized as professional services / educational programs: curated curriculum delivered to a primarily internal audience at LGT, with newer product lines (Drive4Impact, Sustainability4Entrepreneurs, and the 'Leading Transformation' program co-developed with undconsorten) extending into ESG, transformation, and entrepreneurial audiences. No proprietary software platform, app, or API is described; the technology footprint is limited to the KONVINK LMS and the Academy Online channel. Geography is DACH-focused (Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Austria, Germany), delivered bilingually in German and English.

Name

Liechtenstein Academy Foundation

Legal name

Liechtenstein Academy Foundation

Website

https://liechtenstein.academy

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Liechtenstein Academy Foundation is a Princely-House-backed executive-education provider based in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, delivering leadership, personality, family-governance, and sustainability programs — most notably the LGT-Curriculum for LGT employees — from its Schloss Freudenfels campus.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Executive Education & Leadership Development

NAICS

All Other Schools and Instruction (61169), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate Learning & Training Content Development (EDAGAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Online/Hybrid Lifelong Learning Platforms & Open Enrollment Programs (EDAAAEAL)

Keywords

• Executive education
• Personality development training
• Family governance programs
• Leadership development seminars
• Sustainability education

Headquarters

HQ city

Vaduz

HQ country

Liechtenstein

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Educational Programs and Seminars: The academy generates revenue through offering educational programs and seminars across four main areas: Individual (Be.Yourself, Understand.Yourself, Understand.Context, Manage.Complexity, Drive.Performance, Share.Experience), Family (Communication Lab), Company (Inspiration & Sovereignty, Leading Transformation), and Society/Environment (Drive4Impact, Sustainability4Entrepreneurs). Programs are delivered at Schloss Freudenfels campus and through online sessions.
2. Custom Corporate Curriculum Development: The academy develops customized educational curricula for enterprises, exemplified by the LGT-Curriculum developed for the private bank LGT. This includes career-long programs adapted to individual company needs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

The Liechtenstein Academy Foundation is a private educational foundation that designs and delivers in-person seminars and multi-year curricula focused on personality development, family governance, and sustainability. Its flagship offering is the LGT-Curriculum, a career-accompanying program originally developed for the private bank LGT, alongside standalone modules such as Be.Yourself, Understand.Yourself, Manage.Complexity, Drive.Performance, Communication Lab, Inspiration & Sovereignty, and Leading Transformation. Programs are delivered primarily at the Schloss Freudenfels campus in Switzerland with supplemental online components.

Product overview

Liechtenstein Academy Foundation is an educational institution offering a unified platform of educational programs focused on personality development, family governance, and sustainability. The core offering is the LGT-Curriculum, a comprehensive career-accompanying program originally developed for the private bank LGT. This platform encompasses multiple modules including Be.Yourself (foundational personal success), Understand.Yourself (self-knowledge), Understand.Context (behavior in social systems), Manage.Complexity (uncertainty response), Drive.Performance (mental/physical strength), Share.Experience (life phase management), and Drive4Impact (sustainability). Additional specialized programs include Sustainability4Entrepreneurs (sustainable business practices), Communication Lab (for entrepreneurial families), Inspiration & Sovereignty (executive well-being), and Leading Transformation (organizational change). Programs are conducted primarily at the Schloss Freudenfels campus with some online components.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• LGT-Curriculum: A comprehensive training program developed for the private bank LGT, continuously adapted to latest standards, offering guidance throughout entire careers.

Products and services

• LGT-Curriculum A comprehensive career-accompanying educational program on personality and culture development, originally developed for the private bank LGT and offered as a multi-year curriculum for enterprises and entrepreneurial families. Modules include Be.Yourself, Understand.Yourself, Understand.Context, Manage.Complexity, Drive.Performance, Share.Experience, and Drive4Impact.
• Be.Yourself A one-week foundational seminar providing techniques from positive psychology, nutrition, and exercise to help participants manage resources consciously and achieve personal success. Foundation for all subsequent seminars. Offered in German and English at Schloss Freudenfels.
• Understand.Yourself A seminar focused on expanding personal potential through deeper self-knowledge, covering energy management, responsibility, resilience, and lifelong learning.
• Understand.Context A seminar helping participants understand the interplay between their behavior and their immediate environment, including decision-making patterns and AI ethics in the digital age.
• Manage.Complexity A seminar teaching skills to respond confidently to unexpected challenges and uncertainties, building inner stability supported by values and sustainable relationships.
• Drive.Performance A seminar developing mental and physical strength to approach challenges with joy, including modules on performance mindset, nutrition, recovery, and movement.
• Share.Experience A seminar for experienced employees aged 53-58 focusing on resource management, life reflection, and shaping important areas of personal and professional life.
• Drive4Impact A two-day seminar on sustainability covering topics such as The Great Transformation, climate protection, circular economy, and individual contribution to environmental change.
• Sustainability4Entrepreneurs A platform and community for future-oriented entrepreneurs to exchange ideas and network with first movers in sustainable business practices.
• Communication Lab A seminar helping members of entrepreneurial families understand communication fundamentals, active listening, rhetoric, non-verbal communication, and storytelling.
• Inspiration & Sovereignty A seminar providing techniques from positive psychology, nutrition, and sports to help executives balance professional challenges with well-being.
• Leading Transformation A comprehensive course equipping leaders to successfully apply transformation in the context of companies and societal change, conducted in collaboration with undconsorten.
• Custom Corporate Curriculum Development A bespoke service in which the Liechtenstein Academy designs and develops customized educational curricula for enterprises, adapting its proven content and approach to the specific needs of a client organization. The foundational example is the LGT-Curriculum, developed for the private bank LGT more than 25 years ago.

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• undconsortenminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerManagement, organizational, and transformation consulting firm collaborating with Liechtenstein Academy on the 'Leading Transformation' program. They are responsible for activities in the Swiss market and provide expertise in transformation consulting.
• Schloss FreudenfelscoreOthersThe primary campus location for Liechtenstein Academy programs. Located in Eschenz, Switzerland, high above Lake Constance with 4-star hotel facilities. Provides inspiring environment for educational programs with modern infrastructure and natural surroundings.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• undconsorten: Swiss management, organizational and transformation consulting firm that partners with Liechtenstein Academy on the 'Leading Transformation' program. An ecosystem-level partner that both collaborates with and partly competes for transformation and leadership consulting engagements in the DACH market.

Broad incumbents

• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm with substantial leadership and talent development practices. Competes in the leadership, talent, and transformation segments that Liechtenstein Academy serves, though at much broader scale and as one offering within a larger consulting portfolio.
• INSEAD Executive Education: Global top-tier business school with a substantial executive education portfolio covering leadership, transformation and family enterprise programs. Larger and broader than Liechtenstein Academy, but competes for the same senior executive and family business audiences.
• Harvard Business School Executive Education: Global benchmark for executive education, with custom programs and leadership offerings for senior executives across industries. Overlaps with Liechtenstein Academy's leadership, transformation, and personal development curriculum areas at the upper end of the market.

Direct peers

• IMD Business School: Lausanne-based executive education provider with a strong portfolio of leadership, family business and sustainability programs targeting senior executives and family enterprises. Directly comparable as a Swiss-rooted premium executive education brand serving similar enterprise and entrepreneurial family segments.
• Center for Creative Leadership (CCL): Specialist provider of leadership development programs with a strong emphasis on self-awareness, behavior change and executive coaching. Highly comparable to Liechtenstein Academy's personality-development-led curriculum (Be.Yourself, Manage.Complexity, Drive.Performance).
• FranklinCovey: Global training and consulting company offering structured leadership and personal effectiveness programs to enterprises. Comparable as a curriculum-driven, corporate-training content provider targeting leadership and behavior change in mid-to-large organizations.
• Duke Corporate Education: Custom executive education provider focused on designing tailored leadership and business programs for large global organizations. Highly comparable to Liechtenstein Academy's LGT-Curriculum model of custom-developed corporate curricula deployed over multiple years.
• University of St. Gallen Executive School: Leading DACH-region executive education school offering programs in leadership, governance, and management for executives and family businesses. Shares the same geographic catchment (Switzerland/Germany/Austria) and customer profile of large family-controlled companies that Liechtenstein Academy targets.
• Henley Executive Education (Henley Business School): UK-based executive education provider with strength in personal development, leadership and coaching-oriented programs. Overlaps with the personality-development and lifelong learning emphasis of the Liechtenstein Academy curriculum.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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