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Quandt Family Office: The Harald Quandt Branch Explained
The Harald Quandt Family Office in Bad Homburg, Germany, manages the pooled assets of the heirs of Harald Quandt, who died in 1967. It works for Harald Quandt's heirs only, not for the wider Quandt family. The family is the sole shareholder of the multi-family office HQ Trust and holds minority stakes in HQ Capital and CP Capital, which together manage over €17 billion, according to its website. [1, 2]
At a glance
| Family | Quandt family (heirs of Harald Quandt) |
|---|---|
| Founded | Not found |
| Headquarters | Bad Homburg v.d. Höhe, Germany |
| Run by | Philipp Geller and Bernhard Oberhofer, Managing Directors |
| Size | Over €17bn managed by HQ Trust, HQ Capital and CP Capital (undated) |
| Structure | Single family office, a German GmbH (HRB 1608, Bad Homburg), formerly Harald Quandt Holding GmbH |
| Known for | HQ Trust multi-family office; stakes in HQ Capital and CP Capital |
How did the Harald Quandt Family Office start?
Harald Quandt died in 1967, and the office manages the pooled assets of his heirs, according to its website. The company was formerly called Harald Quandt Holding GmbH, according to its team page, which does not give the date of the change. The family's financial services firms were grouped under HQ Holding, which hired Stefan Keitel as CEO from August 2020, finews.ch reported in March 2020, citing the company. In December 2021 Handelsblatt reported, as cited by finews.ch, that the holding was looking at selling minority stakes in HQ Asset Management and HQ Capital to outside investors. Today the family is the sole shareholder of HQ Trust but holds only minority stakes in HQ Capital and CP Capital, according to its website. [1, 3, 4, 5]
Reported by the sources named, not confirmed by an official source.
Who runs the Harald Quandt Family Office?
Philipp Geller has been Managing Director since 2019 and Bernhard Oberhofer since January 2014, according to the office's team page; Oberhofer had been the company's chief financial officer for 13 years before that. Geller has also been a member of the supervisory board of HQ Holding and its predecessor firms since April 2016. The website does not say what role family members play. [2, 3]
How big is the Harald Quandt Family Office?
The website says HQ Trust, HQ Capital and CP Capital together have over €17 billion in assets under management, without a date. These firms also manage money for other clients, so this is not a figure for the family's own wealth. No public figure for the family's own assets was found. [1]
What does the Harald Quandt Family Office invest in?
The family is the sole shareholder of HQ Trust, a multi-family office for private clients, families and foundations that also advises institutional investors and pension funds. It holds minority stakes in HQ Capital, an investment manager for alternative assets such as private equity and real estate, and in CP Capital, a US manager of residential real estate. The website does not list the family's other holdings. [1]
How is the Harald Quandt Family Office set up and regulated?
The imprint names the company Harald Quandt Family Office GmbH, Am Pilgerrain 17, 61352 Bad Homburg v.d. Höhe, registered at the Bad Homburg local court under HRB 1608; its team page says it was formerly Harald Quandt Holding GmbH. HQ Capital's legal entity, HQ Capital GmbH & Co. KG, is registered at the same address under HRA 6045, according to its LEI record. No offices abroad are listed for the family office itself. [2, 3, 6]
What changed in 2025 and 2026?
No major change found in 2025 or 2026. []
