Paul Oberschneider (born 16 August 1958) is an American-Estonian businessman, investor, and property developer. He is the chairman and CEO of Hilltop Credit Partners, a UK based real estate private equity firm providing finance to real estate developers. He is also known for founding real estate companies including
Ober-Haus Real Estate
and Hauser-Oberschneider in Central and Eastern Europe.
Early life
Paul Oberschneider was born in the Midwestern town of
Roselle, Illinois in 1958.
He attended Culver Military Academy and graduated in 1976. He graduated from
Loyola University in 1981.
Business career
Oberschneider worked on the
Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) starting in 1979 and later as a trader for
Steve Fosset in
New York
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, as a futures and equity options trader. Oberschneider then joined the investment team for
Shearson Lehman Brothers on
Wall Street
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in 1986.
In 1993, Oberschneider moved to
Tallinn, Estonia, where he began to build a real estate business throughout central and
Eastern Europe. He founded Ober-Haus Real Estate and Hauser-Oberschneider in 1994, acting as Chairman for both companies. Ober-Haus Real Estate Company grew to become one of Central Europe's largest real estate companies. The company operated 33 offices across Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, Latvia, and Estonia. In 2004 Finland's Realia Group has announced that would purchase the Ober-Haus real estate company. They bought the company in 2007.
In 1999, Oberschneider founded Schlossle Hotel Group.
The company built a portfolio of four luxury 5-star boutique hotels and restaurants in Tallinn,
Riga
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, and
Kraków, before being sold to a Spanish hotel operator in 2006.
Paul Oberschneider acted as Chairman for Hauser-Oberschneider until 2010, working with international property and private equity firms like Apollo,
Grainger PLC
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History
The business was established by the Dickinson family in 1912 as the ''Grainger Trust'' ...
, Immo East, and Citigroup Property Advisors. The company pioneered the construction and financing of "western" styled residential apartments, retail hypermarkets and hotel properties across Central and Eastern Europe.
In 2010, he invested in, and took the role as Chairman of London-based healthy fast food retailer,
Vital Ingredient
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. He sold his stake in the business in 2016, as part of a management buyout deal involving private equity firm,
LDC.
In 2012, Paul Oberschneider purchased
The Manor Hotel in
Oxfordshire
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,
taking the asset out of administration from a UK bank.
In 2017, Oberschneider re-launched Hauser-Oberschneider as a real estate investment company that is an alternative debt provider and private client real estate advisor in the UK and European real estate sector. It is regulated by the
Financial Conduct Authority
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.
In 2018, Oberschneider formed Hilltop Credit Partners, a joint venture with
Round Hill Capital
Round Hill Capital LLC (RHC) is a fully integrated real estate investment and management company founded in Delaware, United States of America.
The company has 14 offices globally in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Spain, Sweden, I ...
to provide financing to real estate developers in England and Europe.
Personal life
Paul Oberschneider played with his La Golondrina polo team that played in the Queens Cup and Gold Cup in the UK, as well as corresponding tournaments in Argentina.
In 2018 he was awarded the Estonian medal for his contributions to Estonia, and for starting the world-famous
Tallinn Christmas Market. He is the author of the book, ''"Why Sell Tacos in Africa?"'' (2016)
and the ''"Fast Track Entrepreneur: Success leaves footprints"'' (2017).
References
External links
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1958 births
Living people
American businesspeople
People from Roselle, Illinois
Loyola University Chicago alumni
Culver Academies alumni