ODDO BHF

Philippe Oddo serves as Chairman and CEO, representing the fifth generation of the founding family. The group operates under a partnership model: senior executives own a collective equity stake alongside the Oddo family's holding company, which retains anchor control. This private ownership structure eliminates external shareholder pressure and supports long-duration investment decisions across the group's banking and asset management divisions.

The modern entity results from the 2016 acquisition of Frankfurt-based BHF-Bank by France's Oddo & Cie. The combined group adopted a dual Paris-Frankfurt headquarters model with a Franco-German banking license. The acquisition unified a French private banking partnership with a historic German institution that had previously been owned by ING and Deutsche Bank, creating the cross-border architecture the firm uses today.

ODDO BHF operates primarily as a third-party asset manager and wealth adviser. The group reports over €100 billion in client assets under management across private banking, asset management, and corporate banking divisions. ODDO BHF Asset Management, a separate operating entity, manages approximately €60 billion in listed and alternative strategies for institutional and individual clients.

The firm pursues a dual-pronged private markets strategy: direct venture and growth equity investments in European technology and healthcare companies, and commitments to specialized external VC and growth equity fund managers. The group concentrates on FinTech, enterprise software, and digital health — sectors adjacent to its core banking operations — and deploys capital primarily across Germany, France, and Switzerland, with selective exposure to broader European Union markets.

ODDO BHF Asset Management operates as a distinct legal entity within the group, with its own management company structure and regulatory filings. This separation creates client-facing independence and ring-fences asset management activities from the balance-sheet-driven banking business, a structure that enables both institutional and wealth-management client mandates.

In May 2024, ODDO BHF acquired a minority equity interest in Tikehau Capital's general partner entity, solidifying a strategic alliance between the two European private markets managers. The partnership enables co-investment activity in private credit and private equity transactions, and creates a conduit for ODDO BHF clients to access Tikehau's €44.4 billion in alternative asset strategies.

No. The group is privately held under a partnership structure, with equity split between the Oddo family's holding company and a group of senior partner executives. This structure has remained intact through the historic acquisitions that built the modern firm, and it means ODDO BHF does not publish quarterly earnings or face public-market shareholder demands.