Schörghuber Group

Schörghuber Group

Josef Schörghuber founded the company in 1954 as a regional construction contractor in Munich. Over six decades, the group expanded into real estate development, acquiring and building major commercial and mixed-use properties across Germany, while simultaneously entering brewing through the acquisition of Paulaner and Hacker-Pschorr. The death of Stefan Schörghuber in 2012 passed control to his widow Alexandra, who chairs the foundation board, and their son Florian, now CEO and the third-generation steward of the family's operating and investment assets. Schörghuber Group deploys capital across six distinct operating divisions, with real estate and beverages as the largest anchors. The real estate portfolio includes BIKINI Berlin, a mixed-use landmark on Budapester Strasse, the Arabellapark complex in Munich's Bogenhausen district, and the historic Marienplatz 22 and Joseph Pschorr Haus properties. The beverage division owns Paulaner Brauerei Gruppe, which controls the Paulaner, Hacker-Pschorr, and Fürstenberg brands. Arabella Hospitality operates hotels in Germany, Spain, and Switzerland, including the Arabella Golf Mallorca resort. The group also owns Ventisqueros, a Chilean salmon producer and member of the Global Salmon Initiative, and a stake in FC Bayern München through Alexandra Schörghuber's seat on the club's Administrative Advisory Board. The aviation services division provides ground handling. Geographic concentration is German-centric with selective international exposure in Spain and Chile. The firm's governance is bifurcated between an operating holding company and two foundations: the Josef Schörghuber-Stiftung für Münchner Kinder and the Stefan Schörghuber Stiftung. The foundations separate philanthropic commitments from the commercial operations while keeping ownership consolidated within the family. Florian Schörghuber assumed the CEO role representing the third generation, signaling a succession that preserved direct family operational control rather than transitioning to external professional management. What structurally differentiates Schörghuber is its hybrid architecture — a single-family office wrapped around six majority-owned operating subsidiaries. Unlike family offices that allocate to external funds or minority co-investments, Schörghuber acts as a corporate holding group where the investment team manages operating boards, not LP commitments. The Paulaner subsidiary alone makes this a permanent-capital vehicle married to a cash-flowing industrial asset, a structure that grants the family generation-spanning hold periods without the pressure of fund timelines or external capital calls.