Seedamm Vermögensverwaltung

Day-to-day management is overseen by Managing Director Gerhard Ebinger, a long-time business partner of the founding principals. Ultimate investment authority rests with Stefan Quandt and Susanne Klatten, who direct allocation strategy across the family office and the affiliated holding entity AQTON SE. Johannes Fritz, the former long-time head of the office, previously shaped much of its investment infrastructure.

Seedamm functions as the central single-family office managing diversified wealth across asset classes, while AQTON SE serves as Stefan Quandt's direct entrepreneurial holding company for strategic industrial investments. Current AQTON SE positions span automotive components, digital security and identity protection, photovoltaics and smart grid, and credit ratings. This bifurcation separates long-duration control stakes from the broader diversified portfolio.

The wealth managed by Seedamm originates primarily from the Quandt family's historic shareholdings in BMW AG and Altana AG. Stefan Quandt and Susanne Klatten remain significant shareholders of both corporations, with the dividends and capital returns from these industrial positions forming the core of the family office's investment base. BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt, a separate philanthropic entity, carries the family's civic engagement independently of the investment operations.

Seedamm employs a hybrid approach that includes direct co-investments, special purpose vehicles, private equity fund commitments, and direct real estate holdings. The office has confirmed direct investment activity in mobility, digital infrastructure, and energy transition assets, while maintaining a diversified private equity allocation through external managers for broader market exposure.

The family office invests across Europe, North America, and Asia. Its real asset holdings reflect a similar footprint, with a Texas horse ranch, Kitzbühel residences in Austria, and the Nantesbuch estate in Bavaria complementing the headquarters in Bad Homburg, Germany.

Wealth originates from the consolidated industrial inheritance of the Quandt family, with both siblings acting as principals of their respective shareholdings in BMW AG and Altana AG through the family office structure. The office manages their individual and collective interests while maintaining governance boundaries between their personal portfolios and the operating businesses they control.

Philanthropic activities are structurally distinct from Seedamm's investment operations. The main vehicles include the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt, Johanna Quandt Foundation, SKala Initiative, and Stiftung Nantesbuch. These foundations pursue cultural, social, and scientific missions independently, with Stiftung Nantesbuch operating a 300-hectare estate in Bavaria dedicated to arts and nature programming.