Octavian Pilati comes from an Austrian family whose legacy spans more than a thousand years. In 2014, a crisis struck the family’s historic tourism and forestry business and pulled him directly into crisis management. Today he is CEO of Sub Umbra GmbH, a Vienna-based investment company focused on venture capital and real estate portfolio, steward of Burg Hardegg in Lower Austria, and founder of The Antifragile Family®, where he advises business families on governance and resilience. He has spoken at family business events hosted by Campden Wealth, Prestel & Partner and Forbes Slovakia, and co-presents in Harvard Business School executive education; his family’s story is a published HBS case study.
