larswindhorst

Biography

Lars Windhorst is an internationally renowned entrepreneur and successful businessman. Starting his career much younger than most, Lars Windhorst started his first international start-up when he was fourteen years old.



Traveling to China, Lars Windhorst purchased inexpensive electronic parts that he imported to Europe and assembled in his parents garage. After successfully selling the affordable electronics in his father’s local store, Lars Windhorst looked to expand to other parts of Germany and Europe.



Similarly, a young Chinese businessman took interest in Lars Windhorst’s venture and together, the two formed Windhorst Electronics. In their first year of business together, Windhorst Electronics sold over $50 million in sales across Europe.



The early success put Lars Windhorst on the map, the German media called him “the Bill Gates of Germany” and Helmut Kohl, the former Chancellor of Germany started to invite him on his business trips to the Far East in hopes of helping Lars Windhorst strengthen his business connections and bring greater prosperity to Germany.



In addition to furthering his professional contacts, Lars Windhorst’s businesses continued to grow and he expanded Windhorst Electronics to include Windhorst Pacific Holdings Ltd, Windhorst Capital Holding GmbH and Windhorst AG. Lars relocated to Hong Kong and opened over twenty branches and employed over 200 employees.



Even though Lars Windhorst’s businesses were leading in global enterprise, in 2001 when the internet bubble burst, Lars Windhorst’s businesses were greatly effected and eventually went bankrupt. Never missing a beat, Lars Windhorst continued to look for new business ventures and eventually partnered with a South Africa family to create Sapinda investment. In Sapinda’s first five years, the investment company traded over 2 billion EUR.



Due to the global economic recession, Lars Windhorst took time to restructure Sapinda investment and founded Sapinda Deutschland GmbH where he currently serves as the CEO.

Interests

Entrepreneurship, Business, Technology, Media, Finance, Economy, Investments, Trading