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KBB Family Office
KBB Family Office was founded by grandsons of Emil Kriegbaum, Richard and Siegfried Kriegbaum, and operates from Böblingen, Germany.
KBB Family Office
KBB Family Office was founded by grandsons of Emil Kriegbaum, Richard and Siegfried Kriegbaum, and operates from Böblingen, Germany. The firm manages family capital across a diversified portfolio, with a disclosed focus on preserving wealth through private equity, real estate, and targeted exposure to healthcare services, industrial tech, and the energy transition. Johannes Kriegbaum serves as an active principal and also manages the related entity L-Family Office GmbH. The firm deploys capital across the full private equity lifecycle — from seed to buyout — with a European geographic mandate. Confirmed portfolio holdings reveal a heavy tilt toward real estate operating companies, including Deck Grundstücksverwaltungs GmbH in Böblingen, GHH Geschäftshaus Hattersheim II Schaefer Grundstücks GbR in Hattersheim, and Kommanditgesellschaft 'JULIETT' Grundbesitz G.m.b.H. & Co., alongside the commercial Multi-Center Warenhandel GmbH & Co. KG. This operating-company structure, rather than a blind pool of LP commitments, gives the Kriegbaum principals direct control over asset management. Altss estimates total assets at approximately $347 million, though the firm does not publicly disclose a precise figure. The Kriegbaum family maintains a network of philanthropic commitments, including the Fundatio Nisibinensis - Stiftung für Aramäische Studien and Stiftung Kulturgut Baden-Württemberg, a common architecture for German single-family offices seeking to formalize multi-generational governance. The structural differentiator for KBB is the integration of its real estate portfolio into actively managed GmbH entities rather than passive fund holdings. This design — common among German family offices of similar scale — allows the Kriegbaum principals to retain operational oversight across their commercial and mixed-use properties while keeping decisions inside the family, with no indication of external LP capital or a co-investor club model.
General information
Firm type
Single Family Office
Year founded
—
AUM
~$347M (Altss estimate)
Location
Region
Europe
Country
Germany
City
Böblingen
Corporate office
Böblingen, Germany
Principals
Richard Kriegbaum
Founder
Siegfried Kriegbaum
Founder
Johannes Kriegbaum
Principal
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at KBB Family Office?
Principals Richard and Siegfried Kriegbaum — grandsons of Emil Kriegbaum — lead the firm, with Johannes Kriegbaum also serving as an active principal and manager. Johannes additionally oversees the related entity L-Family Office GmbH, indicating a shared governance model across family vehicles.
How is KBB Family Office structured — as a single family office or a multi-family office?
KBB operates as a single-family office, solely managing capital for the Kriegbaum family. The related entity L-Family Office GmbH, managed by Johannes Kriegbaum, suggests a parallel structure but does not indicate external clients.
Does KBB Family Office participate in fund commitments or only direct deals?
KBB deploys capital through a private equity mandate that spans seed to buyout stages, but its confirmed portfolio consists primarily of direct holdings in real estate operating companies. This suggests a preference for direct control over blind-pool fund commitments.
What investment stages does KBB Family Office typically target?
The firm has confirmed investment stages across the full spectrum — seed, early stage, growth, late stage, mezzanine, and buyout — within a private equity framework and a European geographic focus.
Which sectors does KBB Family Office explicitly focus on?
Disclosed sector focuses include healthcare services, digital health, industrial tech, energy transition and renewables, climate tech, fintech, proptech, supply chain and logistics, and media and entertainment. The firm also tracks consumer tech, enterprise software, biotech, edge and IoT, and semiconductors.
Does KBB Family Office maintain philanthropic structures, and how are they separated?
Yes. The Kriegbaum family supports several philanthropic entities, including Fundatio Nisibinensis - Stiftung für Aramäische Studien, KEKS e.V., Stiftung Kulturgut Baden-Württemberg, and Volksbank Main-Tauber-Stiftung. These appear structurally separate from the investment vehicles.
What is KBB Family Office's known posture on co-investments alongside external GPs?
There is no public evidence that KBB participates in co-investment clubs or pooled vehicles with external LPs. The firm's portfolio of directly held real estate GmbH entities suggests a preference for wholly owned, internally managed assets.
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