ChimneyCapital

Founder

LGT – Private Banking und Asset Management

Providing wealthy individuals, entrepreneurial families and private foundations with tailor-made wealth management solutions. Helping them to achieve their financial goals, preserve wealth over generations, and invest alongside the Princley Family.

Relationship Manager | Associate Director

Worked with HNWI & UHNWI clients within the domestic Austrian market providing them with the full range of wealth management services

Acted as intermediary between clients, client advisor and back office
Security transaction processing within all major asset classes & financial instruments (equities, bonds, structured products, FX, derivatives etc.) 
Client meetings in collaboration with client advisors 
Worked on investment proposals within a portfolio management context

Client Account Manager | Wealth Management

MP Corporate Finance

Worked on international buy-side & sell-side projects especially within the plastics and packaging & automotive plastics industry

Client meetings & workshops
Setup and maintenance of virtual data rooms
Teaser & information memorandum preparation
Pitch-Presentations (Buy-Side, Sell-Side)
Financial Modeling
Business Development

Analyst | Mergers & Acquisitions

UniCredit Bank Austria AG

4-month internship in Corporate and Investment Banking Division in the MNC Multinational Corporates Unit - directly supervised by the Global Account Manager. 

Share of Wallet Analysis
Pitch Book & Meeting Memo Preparation
Company Research (Industry, Competitors, Financials)
Profitability Evaluation 
Customer Relationship Management
Financial Modeling
Organizational Tasks

Intern | Corporate & Investment Banking, Multinational Corporates

Anna Theres Stern

Chimney sweeping services
In charge of daily business operations (e.g., staffing, annual heating system inspection, report drafting & preparation) 
Oversight of construction projects (coordination of involved parties, e.g., architects, construction managers, government authorities)

Master Chimney Sweep

Rudolf Tomicich

Chimney Sweep

Apprenticeship Chimney Sweep

Österreichisches Bundesheer (Austrian Armed Forces)

Basic Military Service

I've worked 6+ years in Investment Banking & Wealth Management, advising multi-millionaires on M&A transactions and how to invest their money in the capital markets. 

Meeting incredibly fascinating individuals and peek behind doors that remain closed to most. 

Two things all these people had in common: 

→ First, they were entrepreneurs 
→ Second, they set goals that seemed unattainable at first glance

Which leads to the question: 

How did I end up there?

I wasn't born into this world, nor did I have wealthy parents or an impressive network. I grew up in modest circumstances in a working-class family in Vienna, raised without a father in a social housing project.

What would you do if you were given the opportunity to completely reinvent your life?
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That was the burning question in my mind when I dropped out of school to become a chimney sweep for a living. I was clueless about my next move, but I knew one thing for sure: I craved more. 

More success, more wealth, more freedom.
 
I embarked on a wild adventure that plunged me into the infamous world of investment banking. But that wasn't the end of the story—it was just the beginning.

I even wrote a book about it, sharing the rollercoaster ride of my journey and the key principles that helped me break into Wall Street without any industry experience or a target university degree. 

School Dropout, Chimney Sweep, Investment Banker — That’s My Story.

Are you ready to write yours?

-> Link in my bio.

Kevin Schwarzinger

Shadowfax

Associate Director

Associate, Corporate Strategy & Business finance

AJIO.com

 End-to-end owner for preparing, compiling, presenting weekly/monthly sales review & cascade deck to CXOs & field
 Orchestrated BAU, new initiatives KPI dashboards, Go-To person for Tableau, setup centralized sales control tower
 Acted as SPOC for top priority strategic sales & business initiatives from ideation, cascade to implementation
 Boosted merchants(~4x) and revenue(~3x) in 3-mo, devised & executed GTM for ‘Vetri’- PL brands penetration pilot
 Drove up repeats by ~30%, spearheaded QPS, ATL, BTL, availability & visibility campaigns for sell-in & offtake
 Grew avg ticket size (~1.5x), brands sold /buyer (~1.4x), segmented buyers, formulated range selling framework
 Launched conferences (5 cities), oriented 500+ field resources on targets, incentives, schemes, stock, credit
 Institutionalized ‘PASSION’ sales call process, primary researched 500+ merchants on field, trained 400+ leaders
 Optimized conversion (~15% to ~25%), steered time-motion study, administered sales enablers (5.5k+ resources)
 Augmented merchant onboarding by ~20% MoM, revamped process workflow, brought down TAT (4 days to 2 hrs)
 Yielded ~80% beat adherence (from ~60%), optimized buyer span/resource, redesigned territory mgmt system
 Prioritized 10+ tech features development for buyer and field employee app, owned product roadmap lifecycle
 Curtailed canc & returns (~35% to ~25%), remodeled merchant help desk ops, review mechanism, buyer awareness
 Streamlined multi-channel leads generation to order mgmt sys. for 3 new GTM approach thru rigorous collaboration
 Awarded highest rating(A*), surpassed expectations, handpicked by CEO for Reliance Emerging Leaders program

Program Manager, Sales Strategy & Ops, CEO’s Office

JioHealthHub

 Liaised with 10+ healthcare providers for efficient resource hiring, formulated ‘managed healthcare’ pilot GTM
 Proposed 4 product-pricing package scenarios, interviewed 10+ Subject matter experts, conducted benchmarking

Management Trainee, Strategy and Ops, Chairman’s Office

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Sr Coordinator (1/11), Investment Fund (.2L), ~30% returns, pitched/researched/analyzed 20+ stocks
Event Head, organized 'IPO-Q', IPO pitching competition, 200+ teams, 50+ colleges, Nat'l B-Summit

Senior Coordinator

Junior Coordinator, Investment Fund, Managing ₹2L+ student equity fund 

Devised GTM strategy for Jio-Microsoft Enterprise Soln, performed CBA for cloud offerings to SMEs
Interviewed 50+ CXOs, identified vertical-specific cloud & SaaS need of SMEs, generated 20+ leads
Recommended cloud implementation for SMEs, mapped digital adoption journey across 10 sectors
Developed & analyzed live sales funnel dashboard, collaborated with 100+ exec for channel strategy

MBA Summer Intern

Siemens

Led cross-cultural team of 10, proof-of-concept for Indian Railways, prevention of train accidents
Spearheaded execution of ₹40 Cr project, collaborated with 2 global tech partners for sys. design
Achieved ₹50 L+ savings, expedited progress by 10%, optimized utilization of client's resources
Negotiated ₹1 Cr+ contracts, co-created product specs, independently managed 10+ suppliers
Headed bid team of 10, tenders worth ₹8 Cr, managed customer relationship for Delhi Metro Rail
Delivered 10+ knowledge workshops for 5+ clients, analyzed 3 global digital offerings for railways
Represented Siemens (1/25 of 500) at 4 Int'l Rail Exhibits, 30K+ biz visitors from 20+ countries

Project Manager

Digitalization in Siemens Mobility: Broken Rail Detection(BRD) and Advanced Driver Assistance System(ADAS).
Assisted Research Designs and Standards Organisation(RDSO) in drafting Technical specifications for Broken Rail Detection system
Worked for the bid of two tenders floated by Indian Railway for Broken Rail Detection system worth ₹ 35 Million and ₹ 45 Million 
Represented Siemens in various railway exhibitions like-IREE, IRCE, ELECRAMA

Executive Customer Service

Underwent the training program on Signalling, Electrification and Rolling Stock Businesses in Siemens Mobility India.
Training Details:
Phase-1: SITRAIN        July 2016-Sept 2016
 Basic and advanced switchgear
 Basic Drives
 Basic Automation
Phase-2: Siemens Kalwa, Mumbai    Sept 2016-Jan 2017
 Signaling SSI
 Signalling RRI and F&P Products
 CS MLT CR / EMU Car-Shed
 Project Management (Basics)
Phase-3: Siemens INA, Delhi    Feb 2017-June 2017
 Bulk Power Supply - DMRC NE02 (RSS, AMS)
 OHE & Auxiliary Power – DMRC NE01
 Rail SCADA, CS TPE (RMGL) & LM(NR)

Graduate Engineering Trainee

Vedanta Limited - Aluminium Business

 Campus Placement offer from Vedanta for the post of Graduate Engineer Trainee amongst 100+ candidates from NIT Surat.

S V National Institute of Technology, Surat

Final year Project: Fluid Machines-Theoretical and Experimental analysis of Centrifugal Pump in reverse mode

Project Team Lead

SAE International

Worked with the 'Procurement' team in SAE student chapter for the SUPRA SAEINDIA '15 and National Go-Kart Championship '14(NGKC)-automotive competitions.

Core Team Member

Tata Motors

Field of Training: Central Quality Department
Project Title: Bearing pressure and its analysis for front brake drum and rear hub-cub assembly

Summer Intern

Business Finance @Shadowfax

At Shadowfax, strategy, business finance and operations converge under my stewardship, reflecting over two years of dedication to scaling business performance and sales productivity. The central nervous system of our sales strategy, a role honed at AJIO.com, has me orchestrating key performance dashboards and serving as the linchpin for strategic initiatives.

Our team's accomplishments have been marked by substantial growth—enhancing merchant partnerships and tripling revenue, driving customer repeats by 30%, and implementing targeted campaigns. These efforts are bolstered by my proficiency in Tableau and CRM, ensuring data-driven decision-making and fostering robust customer relationships.

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