Thomas Streimelweger

Experience/Strength

  • Entrepreneurial leader and creator of strong corporate culture, salesman, holistic view on risk/reward ratios, completion of over 30 M&A transactions, attraction of financial- and strategic investors
  • Leader in IPO process for S&T (EASDAQ), experience on multiple executive and supervisory boards, audit and compensation & benefits committees
  • Launch and operation of a hedge fund
  • Comprehensive knowledge of IT-services market, business models and investment concepts

Entrepreneurial Career

2000 – 2014 red-stars.com data AG
Founder, Chairman, CEO and major shareholder
red-stars.com is an operative holding company that acquires companies, operates and invests in businesses that are highly scalable and offer an above average growth potential. Originally red-stars.com was founded as a joint venture of Mr. Streimelweger and Siemens AG, which held a stake of 26%, with focus on investments into internet companies in East- and Central Europe. Streimelweger later took control of the Siemens stake and developed the company with a more global perspective.

1987 – 2011 S&T System Integration & Technology Distribution AG
Founder, CEO, Chairman and controlling shareholder
S&T is a leading IT services company with focus on Central and Eastern Europe. Peak
performance in 2007: Revenues: EUR 512 mln., EBIT: EUR 13 mln., 3.200 employees,
subsidiaries in 20 countries. 1998: IPO on EASDAQ. Since 2004 S&T is listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange. Stake divested in 2011.

1994 – 2001 Hygiene Holding GmbH
Founder, CEO and controlling shareholder
Hygiene Holding was an exclusive distributor for CWS/Boco of hygiene/washroom products, rental and related laundry services in six East European markets. Business sold to CWS in 2001.

2004 – 2008 red-stars.com data & research holding GmbH
Founder, Co-CEO and controlling shareholder
Launched a statistical arbitrage hedge fund in Cayman. Operated from July 2007 to July 2008. Liquidated prior to Lehman crisis.

2006 – 2007 ST Global Holding AG
Founder, CEO and major shareholder
Acquired and divested operations of T-Systems in Denmark and Sweden.

Work Experience

1985 – 1987 Hewlett Packard
1984 – 1985 Mannesmann G.L. Rexroth
1983 – 1984 AWT/Creditanstalt

Education

Graduate of Business Administration from Vienna University of Economics and Business
Degree in Electrical Engineering.

Contact

E-mail : t.streimelweger@red-stars.com
Mobile: + 43 664 3402678
Address: Graben 14, A-1010 Vienna, Austria


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