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Story Of A Self Made Man In The Financial Technology Sector

Among all the top entrepreneurs of the world Michael Gastauer can be considered to be one of the most popular entrepreneurs from Germany. However, he is not simply a businessman. He is also known as a great philanthropist and has a global business experience which specialises in the sector of financial technology. He was one of the biggest advocates as well as pioneers of the FinTech revolution. Today, he has been ranked globally among the top one hundred most influential people in the FinTech.

Qualifications And Achievements

However, his qualifications and achievements go far beyond this ranking. He is also the founder of the WB21 group of companies as well as its CEO. WB21 is a huge financial institution that has its headquarters in Singapore along with offices in London and San Francisco. Moreover, very recently his company has also been ranked among the top ten fastest growing organizations. It was among the few companies to have reached a valuation of two point two billion US dollars in a time span of fewer than ten months. With so many achievements behind him, he has also been ranked and mentioned in important magazines such as Forbes, Entrepreneur and the Huffington Post to name a few.

Descent And Early Background

He was originally born in Germany. However, after growing up, he founded his company that was managed by the Swiss Asset Management. He founded this company of his own at the very early age of twenty-four. The business began to grow at a very fast pace, and within three years only it had gained over CHF one billion AUM. With a very good valuation, it was then sold for a price of CHF sixteen million. The company was sold to a Swiss investment firm, and it established Michael Gastauer in this industry for a very long time to come.