Roots from Berlin, experience worldwide
The Görlich Group has its origins in Dr. Görlich GmbH, which became known throughout Germany in 1984 as an issuing house for social housing in Berlin. Today we are a family office managed by the second generation.
With 320 real estate funds placed and a transaction volume of €4,6 billion, we have left our mark on asset and property management in Germany. We want to continue this success story with our first biotechnology fund.
In 2024, the Görlich Group founded a BaFin-registered capital management company with the aim of launching its first biotech investment fund with a target volume of up to € 30 million.
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Dr. Wolfgang Görlich
Born in 1949, Dr. Wolfgang Görlich passed his 2nd state examination in law in 1976. This was followed by 3 years as an assistant at the Chair of Corporate Law and Tax Law at the University of Bielefeld – teaching, academic publications, dissertation.
The desire to become a judge at the Federal Fiscal Court or to head the international tax department of a DAX company turned by chance into a step into entrepreneurship. With his company, Dr. Görlich was one of the market leaders in the field of “closed-end real estate funds” in Germany until the year 2000. He was on the board of the Bundesverband Freier Wohnungsunternehmen e.V. (Federal Association of Independent Housing Companies) for many years, was involved in drafting tax legislation and decrees issued by the tax authorities and coined the term “issuing house”. He was involved in the development of the principles for prospectuses – honesty and transparency – for the nationwide industry. He played a leading role in laying the foundations for the performance report, an obligation of issuing houses to document the economic development of the real estate funds placed.
Today, he is an advisor and discussion partner for the next generation.
Hendrik Görlich
Hendrik Görlich was born in 1979 in Bielefeld and grew up in Berlin. After studying International Business Administration at the International Business School Berlin, European Business School Madrid and University of Lincoln (UK), he managed the business of the Görlich Group in Brazil from 2005 to 2018. During this time, Hendrik completed his Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Brazil.
Since his return from South America in 2018, Hendrik has brought a global perspective to the company. Since then, he has been responsible for the Family Office in Berlin and is leading the company into the future – with the establishment of a company in Portugal for real estate project development and the founding of GG Capital Management GmbH, which specializes in biotechnology investments.
Within the Görlich Group, Hendrik is responsible, among other things, for real estate in the family’s private portfolio as well as managing director of the real estate funds in publicly subsidized social housing.
Max Görlich
Maximilian Görlich was born in Berlin in 1998. After studying economics and history at Humboldt University in Berlin and completing a master’s degree in public policy at the Hertie School and the University of California Los Angeles, he gained valuable experience in management consulting. This gave him insights into several industries, including transportation, healthcare, defense and real estate. He has been Managing Director of the Görlich Group together with his brother Hendrik since 2024.
Among other things, Maximilian is responsible for the family’s capital market investments. He organizes the cooperation with external partners such as property management companies and contractors. He also works closely with 4TEEN4, the target company of the Görlich GmbH & Co. 1st BioTech KG fund, and advises it on financial and communication issues.
Today, he combines tradition with innovation and focuses on forward-looking asset management – as well as in Germany as internationally.
Our history
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Founding generation
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Next generation I
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Next generation II
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Today
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Future
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In 1979, Dr. Wolfgang Görlich became managing director of a company that he acquired in 1984. From the original brokerage of real estate investments, he created the issuing house Dr. Görlich GmbH, which examined real estate projects from developers and drew up the prospectus for a public offering. Investment advisors and banks placed over 300 “Görlich real estate funds” with a total investment volume of 4.6 billion euros and equity of 1.6 billion euros. Behind these figures are, among other things, 16,500 apartments with 1.2 million m² of living space in publicly subsidized social housing in Berlin. The decision by the Berlin government in 2003 to discontinue subsidies for social housing construction, including for buildings that had already been constructed, also put an end to the issuing house. At the same time, the completion of the “Berlin Haus Moskau” near Red Square marked the end of the company’s involvement in Russia. The Berlin government had commissioned Dr. Görlich to build the promised house of the Berlin merchant as part of the Berlin-Moscow partnership agreement.
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In 2004, a hotel with 248 rooms was opened near the beach in Fortaleza/Brazil, built and financed by an investment company founded by Dr. Görlich for German investors. From 2005, his son Hendrik took over the financial control of the hotel on site as well as the management of our Brazilian real estate companies, which acquired and developed plots of land in Fortaleza and had them built by developers or sold them with building permits. The hotel was sold at a considerable profit in 2015. In 2018, Hendrik returned to Berlin and joined the management of the Görlich Group – turning old things around and thinking anew.
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At the beginning of 2024, we completed our management team with Maximilian Görlich, the youngest son of Dr. Görlich. Once again, we rethought, modernized and entered into the biotech sector. We founded a BaFin-registered capital management company – a necessary prerequisite for the first alternative investment fund (special AIFs), Görlich GmbH & Co. 1st BioTech KG.
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Today, we manage our own assets. We also manage the assets of our (semi-)professional investors. From the past, we still manage the business for 35 closed-end real estate funds and our Brazilian real estate company. In 2023, we founded a Portuguese company for real estate developments.
We live the spirit of family business with the experience of 45 years and the creative power of multiple generations. We argue and we decide together. We also focus on our future generations and those of our investors.
You will always speak directly to a member of the family.
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We have experienced great successes and setbacks in the past: we approach the future with respect.
We will be involved in innovative markets such as the biotech sector in the long term. We will continue to look for entrepreneurial opportunities – for our family, but also for our investors. In the future, we want to set up further investment funds: for companies and sectors that we believe in.
Our history
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Founding generation
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Next generation I
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Next generation II
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Today
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Future
BioTech-Fonds Görlich GmbH & Co. 1st BioTech KG is aimed exclusively at professional and semi-professional investors within the meaning of the German Investment Code (section 1 (19) no. 32, 33 KAGB). Among other things, a semi-professional investor undertakes to invest at least EUR 200,000 and must have the necessary expertise, experience and knowledge to make such an investment.
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