Thomas Olek has placed more than 60 billion euros on the capital market and successfully guided numerous IPOs. His new mission is to open Europe to US investors. Internet, real estate, impact: with multi-billion euro transactions, successful IPOs, and a network unique in the financial scene, Thomas Olek quickly made a name for himself in the German capital market. He is known not only as an IPO partner for companies but also as a successful stock trader of his own firms. His path is a story about entrepreneurial vision, courage, and the ability to use capital markets not as a playground but as a precise tool for systematic success.

With the advent of the internet, a veritable gold rush atmosphere set in between 1996 and 2002. The New Economy shaped global markets with visionary optimism and the belief in unlimited growth. Companies with ".com" in their names sometimes achieved astronomical valuations, often without a solid business model. The euphoria was particularly evident on the New Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange: the specially introduced Nemax 50 seemed to know only one direction—steeply upward.

Billion-Euro Investments in the New Economy

The name Thomas Olek is inseparably linked with this era. As an IPO partner of Sachsen LB and a visionary, he accompanied the most significant new issues of that time. The basis for this was, among other things, the Publity AG, which he founded in 1999, a platform for the issuance of shares in young internet companies. "With this innovative concept, we temporarily achieved a market share of over 80 percent," says Thomas Olek.

"With our innovative concept, we temporarily achieved a market share of over 80 percent."

Thomas Olek, Owner of Olek Capital Inc. Miami

With Publity AG, he was able to show a remarkable track record after a short time. Thomas Olek accompanied a total of 85 IPOs, including major ones such as those of Deutsche Telekom, Infineon, Fraport, EM.TV, and United Internet. He was able to convince large institutional investors like Bayern LB, Nord LB, and HSBC, as well as well-known entrepreneurial figures like Dietmar Hopp, co-founder of SAP, all of whom were among the shareholders of his company. More than 1,000 institutional investors and over 36,000 private investors participated in the stock market boom through the platform. With the temporary end of the dot-com economy in 2002, Thomas Olek turned his attention back to his own company.

Success in the Real Estate Market

Publity AG became Thomas Olek's entrepreneurial masterpiece when he took over the majority stake in the company in 2003 as a major shareholder by acquiring the shares of the participating state banks. Under his strategic realignment, Publity continued to develop rapidly and from then on used Olek's IPO expertise specifically in the real estate sector. Olek once again placed billions for companies such as the asset manager Publity AG as well as portfolio holders like Consus Real Estate AG, Preos Global Office Real Estate, GORE German Office Real Estate AG, Neon Equity AG, and Adler Group AG.

Future with Impact Investing

After his successes in the internet and real estate sectors, Thomas Olek continued his career as an IPO expert with a focus on sustainability. He entered the field of impact investing with the founding of Neon Equity AG. The private equity company deliberately invested in startups and firms with a sustainable focus that wanted to make a measurably positive contribution to the environment and society. Among the best-known investments are Easy Motion Skin, First Move, Save the Water, Susmata, Algene, and the medical device manufacturer More Impact. Under Olek's leadership, Neon Equity developed into an important player in this market and was able to increase its equity to over 300 million euros very quickly.

The company has since been renamed DN Deutsche Nachhaltigkeit AG. Thomas Olek withdrew in 2024 and sold his nearly 80% stake to a Swiss insurance group. In the future, Thomas Olek plans to significantly expand his sphere of influence. From his new location in Miami, but still closely connected to the European market via Frankfurt, he wants to make his years of experience and expertise available to companies from other sectors. With around 60 billion euros in capital raised for IPOs and another 30 billion euros for office properties, he can show a successful track record and a network that can open many doors in Europe.

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