Daniel Aegerter

Daniel Aegerter was born in Bern, Switzerland. His father, Simon, is a physicist and the founder of the Swiss Science Center Technorama. His mother, Irene, is also a physicist and a former member of the Swiss Commission for Nuclear Safety.

At the age of 18, Aegerter founded his first company, Megabyte.

In 1988, at the age of 19, Aegerter founded Dynabit, an importer and distributor of Apple Macintosh peripherals, particularly for those used in electronic publishing. At that time, he was working as an intern for Swiss Bank Corporation. He received a loan of 250,000 Swiss francs from Zug Cantonal Bank.

In 1990, he moved to Tampa (Florida) with his wife to start a computer trading business. In 1996, he founded Tradex Technologies as an Internet-based system for automating the purchase of computer equipment distributed by Dynabit.

In December 1999, SAP Ariba agreed to acquire the company for $1.9 billion in stock. By the time the deal closed in March 2000, the stock was worth $5.6 billion and Aegerter was a billionaire on paper. After the dot-com bubble burst, Aegarter's fortune dwindled to 500 million Swiss francs. He formed Armada Investment Group, a family office to manage his wealth. He capitalized the company with $120 million.

Aegerter was a member of the Board of Directors of euNetworks from 2010 to 2018 and of Nutmeg (company) from 2012 to 2019. He funded Emergency Reactor co-founded by activist Zion Lights and Robert Stone.

Aegerter is a member of World Minds.

Aegerter is married and has 2 sons. He owns a $12 million mansion in Zumikon.

Sponsorships

In July 2019, the "Medium Goal" tournament, both founded and sponsored by Daniel Aegerter, took place for the 14th time.

Nuclear power

In February 2017, Aegerter and other investors invested a total of USD 4.5 million in the startup Transatomic Power. He is also an investor in Oklo, designer of the Aurora nuclear reactor.