About Us
Supporting Your Business
We view our investment planning and business development, acquisition and strategic partnerships as trust-based, long-term relationships that hold to the highest global business standards and are guided by overarching principles of professional ethics. We look for mutually beneficial opportunities to do well while doing good and where our involvement helps create meaningful value and very long-term competitive advantages. We draw on our strong team experience and a network of investors to generate superior returns for our stakeholders.
Combined Experience
Genuine Holdings was founded in 2020 by Vision 2030 economic development and investments leaders from global engineered industrial, commerce, and applied technology businesses with decades of operational, marketing, business development, mergers, and acquisitions experience.
Headquartered in Austin, Texas, we have operations and investment portfolio projects in Australia, the USA and emerging in the Middle East and Europe.
Strategic Focus
Genuine Holdings seeks and explores promising investment opportunities as opposed to specific business sectors. We seek to deploy investment and acquisition capital in the domestic and international markets to enable the strategic goals and objectives of our investment partners and business leaders.
Our Executive Team
Stephen J. Lautenschlager Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO
Janie Lautenschlager, Co-Founder, Partner and Board Member
Janie Lautenschlager, Co-Founder, Partner and Board Member
Stephen is a Co-Founder, and the Chairman & CEO of Genuine Holdings, LLC. He has over 15 years C-Level experience in international corporate management, strategic planning and mergers and acquisitions. He has successfully developed, designed and launched a growing number of international Vision 2030 business ventures
Prior to founding th
Stephen is a Co-Founder, and the Chairman & CEO of Genuine Holdings, LLC. He has over 15 years C-Level experience in international corporate management, strategic planning and mergers and acquisitions. He has successfully developed, designed and launched a growing number of international Vision 2030 business ventures
Prior to founding the Company, Stephen held various positions in the engineered elastomer industry including President of Austin Rubber Company, COO at Mitchell Rubber Products,
COO at Esterline Kirkhill/TA and Global HR VP at Channell Commercial Corporation.
Stephen attended Northwestern University's
Kellogg Graduate School of Management. received a Master Degree from Oregon State
University and a Bachelors Degree Bethany University.
Janie Lautenschlager, Co-Founder, Partner and Board Member
Janie Lautenschlager, Co-Founder, Partner and Board Member
Janie Lautenschlager, Co-Founder, Partner and Board Member
Janie is a Co-Founder and serves as the Corporate Strategic Advisor to the CEO, including strategic planning and priorities, consultation and implementation of the Company’s mission, core values and leadership roles. She also serves as the liaison and representative with the Corporate and Technical Advisory Board, senior staff, and investment partners.
Anil Swami, Partner and Board Member
Janie Lautenschlager, Co-Founder, Partner and Board Member
Anil Swami, Partner and Board Member
Anil has extensive Senior Partner and
Partner experience with PwC's US
Management Consulting, Accenture and Ernst & Young. He has helped global-leading brands across multiple industry sectors transform and digitally enable their Marketing, Sales and Service to deliver significant quality, C-Sat. advocacy/loyalty and sales improvements.
He is
Anil has extensive Senior Partner and
Partner experience with PwC's US
Management Consulting, Accenture and Ernst & Young. He has helped global-leading brands across multiple industry sectors transform and digitally enable their Marketing, Sales and Service to deliver significant quality, C-Sat. advocacy/loyalty and sales improvements.
He is a thought-leader in Applied Analytics, ML/AI. IPA/RPA applications in Front Office automation and is credited with Patents in Cross industrv competitive & comparative
Customer Experience and C-Sat valuation
Anil received a Masters Degree in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech and a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bangalore University.
Our Partners and Portfolio Projects
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
Chinese Proverb