Thibault Leroy Bürki
Building companies and long-term value.
Thibault Leroy Bürki is a Swiss entrepreneur and investor-operator. He is the Founder and CEO of Haute Capital Partners, a Swiss private equity holding listed on BX Swiss under the ticker HAUTE (ISIN CH1115678950), which he founded in 2017 and took public in 2022.
A specialist in direct investment and hands-on company building, he has opened access to capital for a wide range of companies, from early-stage ventures to established businesses. He is the company's reference shareholder and leads it from Biel/Bienne and Zurich, in French, German and English.
Name
Thibault Leroy Bürki, also spelled Thibault Leroy Burki or Thibault Leroy Buerki. Short form: Thibault Bürki
Nationality
Swiss
Position
Founder and CEO, Haute Capital Partners
Listed company
Haute Capital Partners SA / AG. BX Swiss: HAUTE. ISIN CH1115678950. Founded 2017, listed since 2022
Field
Private equity, direct investment in unlisted companies
Specialty
Company building, from seed stage to established growth
Working languages
French, German, English
Locations
Plänkestrasse 32, CH-2502 Biel/Bienne. Gerbergasse 5, CH-8001 Zurich
Shareholding
Reference shareholder of Haute Capital Partners SA. Disclosure of shareholdings published at /investor
Contact
info@haute.com, +41 32 321 35 35
Career
Thibault Leroy Bürki began his career in the financial markets as a broker. He went on to lead brokerage teams within private equity firms in the Zurich area, then in London.
It is a direct education. Reading a counterparty, structuring a transaction and leading a team are learned in contact with orders and risk.
In 2017, he founded Haute Capital Partners on a simple conviction: access to private-market investing should not be reserved for a select few. In 2022, he took the company public.
Investor-operator
Thibault Leroy Bürki invests and operates. He finances a company and takes part in building it.
A specialist in direct investment and company building, he works with the executives of the companies he finances on structuring, governance and market access, and connects them with co-investors. He operates at every stage, from seed to established growth.
This approach comes from his career. He approaches a holding as an operator who knows how a company actually works.
What he has built
Thibault Leroy Bürki has built a listed Swiss private equity holding that gives access to unlisted companies through a single share, with no minimum ticket. Three steps.
2017. Haute Capital Partners is founded in Biel/Bienne.
2019. From brokerage to direct investment. The company stops intermediating transactions and starts holding them on its own balance sheet.
2022. Listing on BX Swiss on 23 May. Exposure to the portfolio becomes accessible through a single share, denominated in Swiss francs, tradeable without any lock-up.
Since then, the company has been building a portfolio of unlisted Swiss and European companies in deep tech, life sciences and health, and financial technology. Its current composition is published on the portfolio page.
Guided by long-term vision, operational discipline and an entrepreneurial mindset, Thibault Leroy Bürki continues to develop Haute Capital Partners with the ambition of building a diversified investment group with an international dimension.
Convictions
Access to private markets is a question of format. A listed company that holds its investments directly makes private equity accessible through a share, tradeable on an exchange, with the same rigour of selection.
Capital is the beginning of a relationship. A holding is worked on. A minority position in a company that grows produces more value than control of a company that stagnates.
Time is an asset. An industrial thesis takes years to materialise. A shareholder who exits at the first step does not reap what he helped to build.
Switzerland has a scientific and industrial base that does not always find its growth capital. That is where the opportunity lies: in fields where development cycles are long and access to financing remains narrow.
Role and governance
As Founder and CEO of Haute Capital Partners SA, Thibault Leroy Bürki is responsible for the operational management of the group, the execution of its strategy and the allocation of capital, under the supervision of the Board of Directors. He is supported by an executive management team and an advisory board.
He is the company's reference shareholder. His interests are aligned with those of the other shareholders: he is exposed to the same share at the same price. The disclosure of shareholdings, with its reference date, is published on the investor page and is authoritative.
Haute Capital Partners SA has its own governance, its own Board of Directors and its own reporting. Its accounts are prepared and audited separately. Any transaction between the company and a related party is the subject of an ad hoc announcement, published in the newsroom, and is disclosed in the annual accounts.
The current composition of the Board of Directors and executive management is published on the governance page and recorded in the commercial register under UID CHE-225.664.737.
In the press
Thibault Leroy Bürki speaks in the Swiss and international business press on private equity, access to private markets and the strategy of Haute Capital Partners.
Forbes Suisse, « The Next Chapter »
Forbes Autriche, « Wir investieren in die Zukunft »
Bilan, « L'introduction en bourse n'est qu'une étape pour Haute Capital Partners »
Bilan, « Les entrepreneurs romands de moins de 40 ans »
finews, « Haute Capital : BX Swiss, SIX, nouvelle stratégie »
Allnews, « Croissance par mues successives »
Brainz Magazine, « Inside Haute Capital Partners »
Locations
Thibault Leroy Bürki is based in Switzerland. He leads Haute Capital Partners from Biel/Bienne and Zurich.
The company's registered office is at Plänkestrasse 32, CH-2502 Biel/Bienne, in the canton of Bern. The Zurich office is at Gerbergasse 5, CH-8001 Zurich, in the heart of the Swiss-German financial centre.
Who is Thibault Leroy Bürki?
A Swiss entrepreneur and investor-operator, Founder and CEO of Haute Capital Partners, a private equity holding listed on BX Swiss under the ticker HAUTE, which he founded in 2017 and took public in 2022. He is the company's reference shareholder.
What is Thibault Leroy Bürki's background?
He began in the financial markets as a broker, then led brokerage teams within private equity firms in the Zurich area and in London. In 2017 he founded Haute Capital Partners, which he took public in 2022.
What is an investor-operator?
An investor who takes part in building the companies he finances. Thibault Leroy Bürki works with executives on structuring, governance and market access, and connects them with co-investors, at every stage of development.
What has Thibault Leroy Bürki built?
A listed Swiss private equity holding that gives access to unlisted companies through a single share, with no minimum ticket. Founded in 2017, moved to direct investment in 2019, listed on BX Swiss in 2022, Haute Capital Partners holds a portfolio of unlisted Swiss and European companies.
What share of Haute Capital Partners does he hold?
He is the reference shareholder of Haute Capital Partners SA. The number of shares and the exact percentage, with their reference date, appear in the disclosure of shareholdings published on the investor page, which is authoritative.
Is it Thibault Leroy Bürki or Thibault Leroy Burki?
Both spellings refer to the same person. The exact form is Thibault Leroy Bürki, with the umlaut. The spelling without the umlaut, Thibault Leroy Burki, is commonly used in databases and web addresses. The spelling Thibault Leroy Buerki, where "ue" transcribes the umlaut, appears in some German-language sources. In everyday usage, he is also referred to by the short form Thibault Bürki.
How can Thibault Leroy Bürki be contacted?
Investor, media and regulatory enquiries go through Haute Capital Partners SA: info@haute.com or +41 32 321 35 35. His professional profile is available on LinkedIn.