Dr. Benon Janos has been CEO of flatexDEGIRO SE and of the banking subsidiary flatexDEGIRO Bank SE since 2026. Previously, he acted as Deputy CEO since October 2024 as well as CFO of flatexDEGIRO SE (since 2023) and of flatexDEGIRO Bank SE (since 2021). He has many years of experience in the fintech industry and also worked for almost 15 years in various securities trading roles at the investment bank Goldman Sachs.
Benon joined flatexDEGIRO and its predecessor companies in 2016. At that time, he became Head of Business Customers and IT and was later responsible for brokerarge and securities trading B2C business, including the European internationalization strategy. He was also managing director of several subsidiaries, including the brokerage platform ViTrade for pro-fessional traders.
Prior to that, Benon Janos worked for Goldman Sachs in Frankfurt from 2001 to 2014. There, he held various positions in securities trading. Most recently, he was Managing Director in the Securities Department and headed equity sales in Germany and Austria. He was also Managing Director of the subsidiary Goldman, Sachs & Co. Wertpapier GmbH.