"Was die Welt im Innersten zusammenhält" — "What holds the world together at its core", Faust, Goethe. One of the questions that I, as a physicist, use as a universal guideline. A truth-seeking mind manifests itself in every step of a professional path — whether discovering new laws of physics or understanding what moves the world we live in.

I firmly believe that truth is the driver of real progress and the basis for applying first principles. In your life, in a company, in a global economy.

In finance this is especially unforgiving. Markets reward clarity and punish self-deception. You can talk down your competition, but if their product is better and cheaper, the honest move is to learn from them. Setting aside ego and emotion is not weakness — it is the foundation of good judgment.

A bit about me

I studied physics to satisfy my curiosity — to understand what we don’t yet know, and to acquire powerful tools and critical thinking in the most abstract way possible. Working on cutting-edge technology and discovering things nobody has understood before is what excites me most. Ultimately, I discovered financial markets for much the same reason, even if it sounds counterintuitive. Markets are a never-ending chess game. The largest, most complex puzzle in the world, played simultaneously by millions of people with different information, different incentives and different levels of honesty.

Today, these two worlds blend together for me. Truth can be found in science, in the economy and in politics. And pursuing it will ultimately lead to growth, value creation and, eventually, to understanding what holds things together at their core.