Mads Faurholt
Founder of Presidents Summit
London Area, United Kingdom
Overview
Work Experience
Family Office
2023 - Current
Invests in Public Equity, VC, Growth, PE and Real Estate funds and fund of funds.
Investor
2012
Private Partnership Investment Firm that operates companies with exceptional people.
Founder (exited to US listed company)
2018 - 2025
Founder (exited to large insurer)
2014 - 2019
Board Member
2015 - 2018
Swiss Private Bank and Asset Manager with AUM of over EUR 40bn.
Founder (exited to public listed company)
2013 - 2016
Lion & Lion is a creatively-driven, digital-first agency. With offices in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, and Jakarta, and more than 120 digital experts, Lion & Lion has a prestigious and growing portfolio of clients including The Coca-Cola Company, Google, Danone, L’Oréal, Dairy Farm. Acquired by publicly listed Septeni Holdings.
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
Groupon is a deal-of-the-day website that offers discounted gift certificates usable at local or national companies.
Raised $1,387,000,000.00 from MIG Capital, RTP Global and Atairos.
Consultant to the CEO and Board
2009 - 2010
Management Consultant
2007 - 2009
McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity
Education
MBA
2006 - 2008
Bachelor of Science
2003 - 2005