Veteran European private equity and corporate development executive focused on growth-stage technology and industrial carve-outs. Gunther Kastner brings operating and investment experience across buyouts, turnaround situations and strategic M&A, with emphasis on value creation via operational improvements, international expansion and governance upgrades. Known for leading portfolio restructurings and cross-border integrations, works with sponsors and management teams to drive exit preparation and capital markets readiness.
Veteran European private equity and corporate development executive focused on growth-stage technology and industrial carve-outs. Gunther Kastner brings operating and investment experience across buyouts, turnaround situations and strategic M&A, with emphasis on value creation via operational improvements, international expansion and governance upgrades. Known for leading portfolio restructurings and cross-border integrations, works with sponsors and management teams to drive exit preparation and capital markets readiness.
Focuses on growth-stage technology and industrial carve-outs, prioritizing control or influential minority stakes to execute operational turnarounds and international scaling. Emphasizes hands-on value creation through governance upgrades, cost and margin improvement, and commercial expansion. Investment horizon is medium-to-long and exit-driven, with active portfolio restructuring to optimize capital markets readiness. Risk discipline centers on rigorous operational due diligence, staged capital deployment and close alignment with management and sponsors to de-risk transitions and maximize exit timing.
Focuses on growth-stage technology and industrial carve-outs, prioritizing control or influential minority stakes to execute operational turnarounds and international scaling. Emphasizes hands-on value creation through governance upgrades, cost and margin improvement, and commercial expansion. Investment horizon is medium-to-long and exit-driven, with active portfolio restructuring to optimize capital markets readiness. Risk discipline centers on rigorous operational due diligence, staged capital deployment and close alignment with management and sponsors to de-risk transitions and maximize exit timing.
| Trades 161 | Longs Won 101/161 62% | Profit Factor 8.37 |
| Profitability | Shorts Won 0/0 0% | Standard Deviation $2.66M |
| Average Win $1.38M | Best Trade (Aug 21) $25.68M | Sharpe Ratio -354.74 |
| Average Loss -$278,116.77 | Worst Trade (Aug 14) -$1.91M | Z-Score 5.96 (100%) |
| Commissions $0 | Avg. Trade Length 1y 2m | Expectancy $764,718.79 |
| Loss Size | 100% | 90% | 80% | 70% | 60% | 50% | 40% | 30% | 20% | 10% |
| Probability of Loss | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | 0.02% |
| Consecutive Losing Trades | 1,368 | 1,231 | 1,094 | 958 | 821 | 684 | 547 | 410 | 274 | 137 |
| Symbol | Quantity | Cost | Value | Comm. | Profit ($) | Gain (%) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AAPL Apple Inc. | 32,481 | $7.5M | $10.03M | - | $2.54M | 33.84% | -7.354% |
ABBV AbbVie Inc. | 31,630 | $6.26M | $7.94M | - | $1.67M | 26.73% | -2.513% |
ABNB Airbnb, Inc. | 2,533 | $321,210 | $383,800.16 | - | $62,590.16 | 19.49% | -0.368% |
ADSK Autodesk, Inc. | 1,393 | $383,744 | $326,240.6 | - | -$57,503.4 | -14.98% | -0.328% |
AEM Agnico Eagle Mines Limited | 10,880 | $877,425.52 | $1.58M | - | $703,112.08 | 80.13% | -3.635% |
AGI Alamos Gold Inc. | 48,100 | $959,529.49 | $1.34M | - | $379,093.51 | 39.51% | -2.007% |
AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 1,247 | $204,608 | $593,759.04 | - | $389,151.04 | 190.19% | -1.904% |
AMP Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 9,020 | $4.24M | $4.92M | - | $680,785.65 | 16.05% | +0.253% |
AMZN Amazon.com Inc | 2,146 | $399,864.1 | $582,810.66 | - | $182,946.56 | 45.75% | +15.321% |
ANET Arista Networks, Inc. | 47,440 | $5.24M | $8.56M | - | $3.31M | 63.17% | +5.456% |
AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 42,510 | $7.33M | $16.55M | - | $9.22M | 125.67% | +0.371% |
AXP American Express Company | 16,040 | $4.35M | $5.39M | - | $1.04M | 23.99% | -0.376% |
BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. | 27,125 | $4.68M | $5.23M | - | $547,771.86 | 11.69% | -0.176% |
BNY BlackRock New York Municipal Income Trust | 52,320 | $4.39M | $8.18M | - | $3.79M | 86.4% | +0.16% |
C Citigroup Inc. | 81,600 | $5.74M | $10.81M | - | $5.06M | 88.17% | +0.098% |
CDE Coeur Mining, Inc. | 67,464 | $464,152.32 | $1.01M | - | $541,735.92 | 116.72% | -3.182% |
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. | 68,950 | $4.16M | $2.57M | - | -$1.59M | -38.28% | -3.375% |
CPNG Coupang Inc. | 14,022 | $344,240 | $229,259.7 | - | -$114,980.3 | -33.4% | +1.616% |
CRM Salesforce Inc | 10,610 | $3.55M | $1.95M | - | -$1.59M | -44.96% | +1.832% |
CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. | 3,904 | $273,740.67 | $745,117.44 | - | $471,376.77 | 172.2% | +3.045% |