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Müller Family Office
Patrick Müller's St. Gallen multi-family office blends Swiss private banking with direct real-estate brokerage and its own art gallery.
Müller Family Office
Patrick Müller (b. 1973) founded the firm after senior private-banking roles at St.Galler Kantonalbank, Credit Suisse, and LGT Bank in Liechtenstein. He is a certified financial planner (eidg. Fachausweis). The firm presents as a multi-family office, though its disclosed activities concentrate heavily on real-estate brokerage, wealth advisory, and art dealing. Veronica Müller-Costantini, who spent 23 years at Credit Suisse, heads the St. Gallen office and handles property marketing. The firm’s investment posture is built around illiquid, tangible assets. Its primary revenue-generating units are a real-estate sales and advisory practice covering Eastern Switzerland and a gallery operation — Müller Family Office ART GALLERY — that sells works by a roster of contemporary artists including Charles Fazzino, Craig Alan, and Rolf Knie. A Swiss philately collection ("Altschweiz") is an additional stated passion-asset focus. The Davos branch, led by former Credit Suisse Graubünden executive Almiro Carigiet, extends the real-estate franchise into a second Alpine canton. The firm has no publicly known exposure to venture capital, private equity funds, or liquid-markets vehicles beyond what it may advise clients on. As a small, principal-led practice, the firm lists five professionals on its website. It maintains offices in St. Gallen and Davos. A separate entity or affiliate — "Müller Family Office in Liechtenstein" — has been cited in property publications exploring Asian real estate diversification, though the connection to the Swiss parent is unconfirmed. In October 2023, Müller Family Office AG was recorded as the counterparty in a property-transfer notice (Handänderung) in the municipality of Häggenschwil, reflecting its direct real-estate deal activity. Where most multi-family offices position themselves as allocators across hundreds of external funds, Müller Family Office is structurally a real-estate and passion-asset operating company with an advisory license. It functions as a property brokerage, an art dealer, and a wealth planner for a small number of families, rather than a discretionary institutional investor. The Davos office and apparent Liechtenstein tie suggest a broad but unconsolidated Alpine network.
General information
Firm type
Multi Family Office
Year founded
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AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
Europe
Country
Switzerland
City
St. Gallen
Corporate office
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Additional offices
Davos, Switzerland
Principals
Patrick Müller
Inhaber
Veronica Müller-Costantini
Immobilienvermarkterin
Corinne Müller
Assistentin der Geschäftsleitung
Ruedi Baumann
Stellvertretender Geschäftsführer
Almiro Carigiet
Leiter Niederlassung Davos
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at Müller Family Office?
Patrick Müller, the founder and owner, is the key decision-maker. A certified financial planner with 20 years of private-banking experience at St.Galler Kantonalbank, Credit Suisse, and LGT, he oversees real-estate acquisitions, art inventory, and client advisory. The listed team supports operations and client relationships, but investment authority appears concentrated in the owner.
What asset classes does the firm actually manage or transact in?
The firm's disclosed activities center on three areas: Swiss residential and commercial real-estate brokerage, contemporary art sales through Müller Family Office ART GALLERY, and Swiss philately. It does not publicly report allocations to traditional fund structures, private equity, or venture capital, though it may advise clients on those asset classes through its wealth-planning mandate.
Is Müller Family Office a registered real-estate broker or an investment adviser?
It operates as a real-estate marketing and brokerage practice, with team members holding credentials in holistic property management ("Sachbearbeiterin im ganzheitlichen Immobilienmanagement") and land-registry administration. It does not disclose any discretionary investment management licenses, and its public-facing services describe buying, selling, and managing property rather than institutional asset allocation.
What is the relationship between Müller Family Office (St. Gallen) and Müller Family Office (Liechtenstein)?
The connection is unconfirmed. A property blog cited a "Müller Family Office in Liechtenstein" exploring Singapore real estate, and a representative named Kai Neugebauer attended the 27th Private Banking Congress under the name "Udo Müller Family Office." The Swiss firm has not publicly clarified the legal or ownership links between these entities.
Does Müller Family Office participate in fund commitments or only direct deals?
The firm's public footprint shows only direct transactions — real-estate purchases and sales, and art inventory. There is no public record of fund-of-funds allocations, GP commitments, or club deals. The practice model is closer to a transaction-oriented family enterprise than a diversified allocator.
How many families or clients does Müller Family Office serve?
The firm does not disclose its client count or relationships. The website describes support for "vermögenden Privat- und Geschäftskunden" (wealthy private and business clients) but provides no detail on the number of retained families, advisory mandates, or assets under administration.
Which sectors or asset types does the firm explicitly avoid?
No negative sector screens are publicly stated. However, the firm's observable transaction activity shows no exposure to technology, life sciences, credit, infrastructure, or liquid securities beyond what its private-banking partners might recommend to individual clients.
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