Founder of Ohpen.com
Chris is an investor and he serves as an advisor for several companies and sits on boards of directors/supervisory boards, including asset manager ASN, insurance company Inshared, and tech company ParkBee. Chris is a sought-after speaker and advises, coaches, and mentors entrepreneurs and CEOs.
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Chris Zadeh started working early and was instrumental in the success of BinckBank. As the right-hand man of Kalo Bagijn, founder of BinckBank, Chris was responsible for the technology. What began on a whiteboard with the idea of creating “the EasyJet of stockbroking” grew into a publicly listed fintech company valued at over 1 billion euros in just eight years.
He then founded the fintech company Ohpen.com and, after its successful sale, the investment company Whangai.nl.
But beneath this illustrious career lies a turbulent foundation. Chris grew up in a complex family without a father, and his mother had to work hard to make ends meet. As a teenager, he took on significant responsibilities and had to process the culture shock when he, his brother, and his mother moved to the Netherlands.
As a survivor of a challenging childhood, combined with dyslexia, ADHD, OCD, and other neurotic behavior, Chris made the decision not to let these define him. With a “give it all” mentality, Chris embarked on a personal and business journey that would exceed everyone’s expectations, including his own.
It is the fusion of his creativity and knowledge of technology and deal-making into one cohesive combination that helps his clients and partners achieve their ultimate business goals and lifelong dreams.
He lives in the mountains of Austria with three cats and two dogs, Myza and Yucca. When Chris isn’t helping others scale their businesses, he’s busy shark diving, practicing yoga, or Thai boxing.
In addition to being an investor, Chris serves as an advisor for several companies and sits on six different boards of directors/supervisory boards, including asset manager ASN, insurance company Inshared, and tech company ParkBee. Chris is a sought-after speaker at seminars and conferences and advises, coaches, and mentors entrepreneurs and CEOs.
On social media, he has more than 300,000 followers across Instagram and LinkedIn.
What began with a simple idea to build “the EasyJet of the financial world” ended up as a publicly listed bank valued at over 1 billion: BinckBank.
The first bank ever built in the cloud, which everyone said banks would never use. The entire world was against this idea, and everyone—except the founders—believed it would never happen. For the technical founders, however, it was a no-brainer. How do you handle 1,000 rejections when you’re certain you’ve built a car while everyone else is still riding a horse?
How one simple strategy and adjustment can make your company 1,000 times better in every area.
How to take your career to greater heights than you ever thought possible. Chris is dyslexic, has ADHD, OCD, and various other “conditions” that didn’t do his confidence any good. But through a series of small things that added up to something big, he still managed to create a business career that exceeded all of his expectations.
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His sharp and creative entrepreneurial thinking, combined with his witty personality, stand out.
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars.
Finding a combination of both in one person is rare. Except with Chris…
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars.
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