Mads Faurholt
Founder of Presidents Summit
Mads Faurholt
Founder of Presidents Summit
London Area, United Kingdom
Overview
Work Experience
Investor
2012 - Current
We are Private Partnership Investment Firm, that build, acquire, operate and manage great businesses. Businesses include: - CVX Ventures: Investment network - United Media: Conference and media businesses - Presidents Institute: Leadership development network - FirstMind: Human analytics - MoneyHero Group: Financial Comparison (EXIT to insurance group, as well as Nasdaq listing - Nova) - Lion and Lion: Digital Marketing Agency (EXIT to >bn listed company - Nova) - Nova Founders Capital: A fintech investment firm
Founder
2020
CVX Ventures investerer i de mest lovende vækstvirksomheder sammen med en partnerkreds af Nordeuropas førende erhvervsfolk. Vi arbejder med mellem 50 og 100 virksomheder om måneden og skaber værdi i virksomheder gennem vores partneres kompetencer og dybe industrividen, så virksomhederne får det rigtige input og de rigtige resourcer til netop deres vækstrejse. Vi er investorer, bestyrelsesmedlemmer, opfindere og iværksættere, og vi brænder for at gøre en forskel med kapital, kompetencer og netværk på tværs af industrier og stadier. CVX blev skabt, da vi købte aktiverne fra Copenhagen Venture Exchange. Læs mere på www.cvx.vc
Founder
2018
Presidents Summit host leadership Summits in Northern Europe. We strive to create exceptional summits that deliver actionable insights, promote peer-to-peer learnings and provide an opportunity to grow a global network. Company was spun out of Presidents Institute A/S https://www.presidents-summit.com/
Founder
2018
Presidents Institute is one of the most renowned leadership development companies in the Nordics. We help business leaders break the experience trap through tailormade education programs, curated cases and by facilitating high quality sparring and coaching. Presidents Institute Group A/S was founded in 2018, when it acquired assets from the former Presidents Institute - an incredible leadership development institution founded in 2005 that has developed more than 15,000 business leaders as members throughout the years.
Founder, Investor, Chairman
2014
Founded MoneyHero Group, a leading financial comparison platform in Asia with Stefan Bruun and Gerald Eder. Brought in a super management team, CAG raised ~100m USD from top tier investors like Goldman Sachs, IFC, Alibaba and Experian - sold our shares following the Experian investment to a large insurance group. MoneyHero Group is now listed on Nasdaq. Exit through sale to large insurance company and IPO on NASDAQ New York. Left board in 2019.
Managing and Founding Partner
2012
We found companies with amazing people - www.novafounders.com
Board Member
2015 - 2018
Board member in SYZ Group, a Swiss Asset Manager and Private Bank, managing over EUR 40bn. As the incredible fortune during my time in the board, to experience SYZ improving profitability, acquiring part of Royal Bank of Canada, opening offices in new markets, selling off non strategic assets and lauching an innovative Private Equity arm, SYZ Capital. SYZ, the bank, the asset manager and the family, are fantastic institutions, and I am honoured for becoming perhaps the youngest board member of larger european bank and to have been part of a long legacy.
Founder (exited to public listed company)
2013 - 2016
Founded Lion & Lion, the leading digital agency in Southeast Asia with Stefan Bruun, brought in a super management team, Hugh Batley and Casper Andersen, and sold it to the 1 billion usd listed digital agency, Septeni.
Global Managing Director and Partner
2010 - 2012
As one of three Global Partners at the time, in addition to the founders, my role was to found and support founders and management teams of companies, in particular The Iconic, Zanui, Lazada, HelloFresh, Foodpanda, Westwing, Zalora and others. Largest Venture Builder in the world, companies include, Groupon (former CityDeal), eDarling, Zalando (2nd largest e-commerce company in the world outside of china), Dafiti, Lazada, Zalora, Home24, and many more.
Managing Director Asia-Pacific and International Vice President
2010 - 2011
Asia
Education
MBA
2006 - 2008
Bachelor of Science
2003 - 2005
International Business Baccalaureate
2000 - 2003