Approach
Our approach determines our entrepreneurial actions. This applies to all areas of our work, from evaluating a possible investment in a new company to the way we collaborate with a company that already is part of Obermark.
Obermark’s shareholders and management respect the life work of founders, owners, and managers of businesses. Obermark's actions are predicated on the belief that sustainable economic success is based on mutual trust and managers’ entrepreneurial freedom. This success can endure only if the public interest is also taken into account. We, therefore, reliably support the work of our companies’ management and staff in a long-term oriented manner. Obermark is not a broker of companies, but their responsible owner.
Successful companies not only foster productivity and creativity but they also serve to unify communities and are an important basis for local prosperity. Companies are relevant sponsors of social and community activities at both the local and regional levels. They are the basis for the development and exchange of knowledge, artisanship and modern technology. The best companies exert their positive influence across generations.
Obermark acquires medium-sized companies with the intent to co-develop them permanently and to take an entrepreneurial approach to ownership. To this end, Obermark provides knowledge, experience, and capital. Our focus is on the continuous development of companies that were admitted to the Obermark group.
Our shareholders do not expect cash returns from Obermark. The capital generated by one of our companies remains at its disposal for profitable investments. Should one of our companies not require the funds generated by it, Obermark will invest them in the development of other companies in the group or for the acquisition of additional companies.
The strategy
We seek to convince responsible owners of good companies that Obermark is the ideally suited home for their life’s work. Obermark group companies are financed conservatively, and are developed with a long-term approach.
Characteristics of companies in which Obermark invests
Our focus is on market leaders in niches with long-term growth potential.
The options for owners
We offer owners various models for the period after the handover of their company to Obermark. The goal is to enable owners to remain connected to their life’s work.
Are you an owner of a business and thinking about succession planning or selling your business?
We advise you in confidence.
Insights
Every company and each employee are unique and have a distinct history. The following texts offer an impression of the motivation, perspective and convictions of the people behind the stories.
