Gustav Wurmböck graduated from the Uni­versities of Vienna and Innsbruck in Busi­ness and Finance. Before founding EPIC in 1991, Mr. Wurmböck held various positions in prestigious companies such as IFC in Wash­ington D.C. (International Finance Corpo­ration – World Bank Group), DEG (Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft) in Cologne, Germany, and was Head of the International Department of Länderbank in Vienna (today’s Bank Austria).

Mr. Wurmböck is one of the co-founders and Managing Partners of EPIC in Vienna, one of CEE’s leading investment and advisory firms. At EPIC, he has led many large privatization and corporate finance transactions in energy, telecommunications, brewing, and the hotel industry. Mr. Wurmböck is also sole owner and chairman of Wurmböck BeteiligungsGmbH, which is shareholder in Valamar Riviera and majority owner of Valamar Austria, the holding company of Valamar’s hotel in Obertauern, Austria.

From 2005 to 2010, he was the Chairman of the Management Board of Valamar Group d.d., and from 2014 to June 2023, he served as the Chair­man of the Supervisory Board of Valamar Riviera d.d. As of June 2023, he is a Member of the Supervisory Board of Valamar Riviera d.d.