Dr. Giesen Family Office
our history
The foundations of the family enterprise are rooted in the entrepreneurial actions and mindset of Josef Giesen, who founded J.A. Giesen, a tobacco wholesale business, in Essen in 1926. The following generation, Dr. Günter Giesen and his brother Horst, expanded their interests in the wholesale companies Lekkerland and Tobaccoland.
Since the foundation in 1972 by Dr. Günter Giesen, the management of the family assets, which was the predecessor of the Family Office, had the task to reinvest the yields of the holdings in a profitable way.
Following the gradual sale of shares of the two wholsale companies, today the 3rd and 4th generation collaborate in Dr. Giesen’s Family Office in Essen and manage the family’s capital.
Our mission is to secure and diversify the family assets. In addition to the traditional pillars of real estate, Private Equity, securities, and art we have recently established our digital assets department.
Dr. Günter Giesen (1932-2021), Founding shareholder
History
1926
Founding of J.A. Giesen Tobacco Wholesale in Essen by Josef Giesen (1902 – 1998) and his brother.
1961
Accession into Lekkerland Wholesale GmbH & Co. KG.
1974
Fusion of several tobacco wholesalers to Tobaccoland Wholesale GmbH & Co. KG. Establishment of the capital management of the family by Dr. Günter Giesen (1932 – 2021) in Mülheim.
1976
Founding of Akkumala Immobilien GmbH & Co. KG by five shareholder families.
1990
Sale of Tobaccoland GmbH & Co. KG.
1995
Start of the 3rd generation in the capital management of the family (Dr. Sven Anderle, Jonas Giesen (1966 – 2017), Franz Schleich).
1996
Founding of REPM Ltd. in Canada to extend the North American real estate portfolio.
2005
Relaunching the securities investments by a partner investment management company.
2007
Consolidation of private equity and bundling of entrepreneurial interests in the Familie Giesen GmbH & Co. KG.
2012
Founding of Quartus G GmbH focusing on historically significant properties.
2019
Founding of the Single Family Office DGFO in Essen.
Start of the 4th generation (Moritz Amadeus Anderle).
2020
Sale of the wholesale company Lekkerland GmbH & Co. KG.
2023
Digital Assets department was established by 2nd member of our 4th generation (Kyra-Marie Anderle).