Former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz quickly gained a foothold in the international business world. But not all his investments are publicly known, as a “crown” research proves.
Sebastian Kurz has opened René Benko doors. Already in his time as a top politician, until the end of 2021, the then Chancellor had the Signa founder on board on board on board. From 2022, with the start of his own entrepreneurial activities, the former politician made international contacts available for the financial juggler, mainly in the Arab world. It was important to open new sources of money for the Signa group that was already in need. Benko was soon enthusiastic about the short contacts. Around April 29, 2022, when he sent the former message to the former Chancellor – apparently in the hope of a golf region – a few minutes before midnight:
“With the deal you can make your first few hundred million euros in wealth for the next 5 years 🙂 And much more afterwards”
Research by “Krone” and “News” now shows that the narrow exchange between former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and the Benko network with the Signa Million Bankruptcy was not completed at the end of 2023. In the real estate sector. With Lukas Glatz, who has succeeded in recent years as an office chef for René Benko. Almost everything that was relevant to the Signa Inventor: presentations, figures, confidential agreements were about the table of Glatz. The 28-year-old Glatz was honored for this purpose: with around half a million euros a year.
At the end of 2023, Signa Prime and Signa Development also slid bankrupt in bankruptcy after the signa possession. From that moment Lukas Glatz was responsible for special projects for Signna Development. Official title: “Special situation and investments from director”. The use of essential properties from the bankruptcy must be used.
Financial start -up Aid
At the same time, Glatz continued to work on his private real estate company in early 2024. He founded a company located in the center of Vienna. What has remained hidden to this day – and also does not appear in the commercial register: Financial starting aid for these activities came from Sebastian Kurz.
Kurz made 100,000 euros available through his SK Beseiligungs GmbH. A society with the meaningful name Calvus Brevis Flexkapg. The name of the Latin company Calvus Brevis is not a coincidence before: it stands for “Glatz (E) and” Short “.
The hidden contracts are negotiated between January and March 2024. Always on board as a companion: the old house of René Benko and judicial lawyers of the Arnold law firm. On 11 March, the lawyers have already exchanged ideas for both parties about a shareholder agreement. About the agenda: social contract, cooperation and option agreement, loan contract and a draft for a partial loan. An emergency date will be established on March 14 for March 19.
Immediately after the collapse of the Signa Group, briefly invested in a new real estate project, which is officially held by the former Benko office manager. Why does the former Chancellor become officially in the vicinity of his further outcome of activity as a GLATZ partner?
One spokesperson only explained: “Until now, Sebastian Kurz has invested in nearly ten real estate projects that relate to student or residential properties.” All this has nothing to do with René Benko or Signa Real Estate.
Drawing connection
The fact that the company of Lukas Glatz launched another remarkable project by Sebastian Kurz in the fall 2024: The Glatz Company founded a new company in which the German entrepreneurial family Schooller – through one of its participation companies – was involved in a third party. Managing Director Christoph Schoeller had already invested 200 million euros in the financially affected Benko Group in the summer of 2023, only a few months before the collapse of the Signa Group and could get an extensive collateral. In the subsequent recycling process, Schoeller therefore had an essential lever in his hand.
In the spring of 2024, according to the insolventions of the most important Signa Group, it was announced that the Schooller Industrial Family was able to secure important real estate projects of the Signa, such as the South Tyrolean project “Walther Park” in Bolzano. A manager was also involved in the handling of these projects after the bankruptcy: Lukas Glatz, who from 2024 was in exchange on Signa Page with Schoeller-and at the end of 2024 a company with a short investment with the participation of Schoeller.
Travel in Benko Jet
Lukas Glatz and Sebastian Kurz know each other from the common travel activity in the Signa Privatjet of René Benko. You flew on May 23, 2023 to investor discussions about Dubai. There was an appointment there with a later Signa Money provider. After that, according to one of the “Krone” and “News”, there was a “escape briefing” on Nice. Captain of this flight: Christof Jauschnegg, now board member of the Laura Private Foundation of the Benkos, behind which an insider suspects a Signa-Shadow Realm.
Only a few weeks earlier, on April 13, 2023, Benko had briefly traveled to Tel Aviv in Signa-Jet. An appointment with Shalev Hulio was planned for this afternoon in the René Benko calendar. Subject: Dream Security.
With Shalev Hulio, Sebastian Kurz founded the Cyber Security Start-Up Dream Security in the fall 2022. In February 2025, an assessment of $ 1.1 billion was reported. At the end of April a new location was opened in the Vienna Short Office.
Source: Krone
I’m Ben Stock, a journalist and author at Today Times Live. I specialize in economic news and have been working in the news industry for over five years. My experience spans from local journalism to international business reporting. In my career I’ve had the opportunity to interview some of the world’s leading economists and financial experts, giving me an insight into global trends that is unique among journalists.
