28 Facts About Florian Homm

Florian Homm was arrested in Italy in 2013 after hints from the FBI and faced extradition to the United States.

Florian Homm was released and currently resides in Germany.

Florian Homm has not been extradited despite a warrant from the US and Switzerland because Germany, like the US and many other countries, does categorically not extradite its own citizens to foreign countries.

Florian Homm was a featured interviewee in the 2018 documentary feature Generation Wealth.

Florian Wilhelm Jurgen Homm was born on 7 October 1959 in Oberursel, a small town near Frankfurt, Germany.

Florian Homm's father was self made and had set up a large business including that of welding pipes and installing bathroom fittings, something that did not interest young Florian.

Florian Homm attended high school in the United States, at Bentley High School.

Florian Homm then earned an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1987.

Florian Homm worked for Merrill Lynch, Fidelity Investments and Julius Bar.

Florian Homm began his working career in finance at Merrill Lynch and thereafter worked for Fidelity Investments and Julius Bar before founding his own company.

Florian Homm felt that institutions were taking the wrong approach and needed to take a more holistic approach to investing in stocks.

At Fidelity, Florian Homm worked for and trained under fund manager Peter Lynch.

Florian Homm returned to Frankfurt where he served as the senior vice president at the German division of Julius Bar.

Florian Homm's company went public in 1998 and made most of its fortune in the period from 1998 to 2000.

Florian Homm drew attention due to his personal charm, brashness and glamour, with some of his stocks known informally as "Homm stocks".

Florian Homm again gained much media attention in 2007 when he demanded that the German telecommunications provider freenet AG be split up.

In September 2007, Florian Homm abruptly announced his resignation as the head of Absolute Capital Management and disappeared.

Florian Homm was supposedly on the run with over 150 million euro.

On 6 March 2013, Florian Homm was criminally charged with investment fraud in federal court in Los Angeles.

Florian Homm's lawyers fought extradition by pointing to his suffering from multiple sclerosis.

On 23 June 2014, Florian Homm was released from prison in Italy, after a court ruled that the period he could be held for extradition had expired.

Parallel to articles in The New York Times and Financial Times, in which he spoke about his return to Germany, Florian Homm published his book in English.

Florian Homm is one of the founders of the global health initiative Maximum Impact Medicine, dedicated to fighting life-threatening diseases in third world countries.

Florian Homm was first diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2000; his sister died from the disease in 2006.

Florian Homm spoke at the College for Applied Management in front of approximately 300 students in November 2014.

Florian Homm has been interviewed extensively on his lifestyle change and conversion.

Florian Homm expresses his devotion to the Holy Mother and his mission in a YouTube video.

Florian Homm says his life is dedicated to make a little book containing messages of the Holy Mother better known.