# Rob Thielen

> Rob Thielen is a startup investor at Elbrus Capital. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Elbrus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elbrus-capital)
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertusthielen

Rob Thielen is a startup investor at Elbrus Capital. Rob Thielen is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Waterland, which he founded in 1999. He developed Waterland into one of the best performing private equity groups in the world, active in 8 core countries, with acquisitions in over 20 countries across 4 continents. He is also a partner of Elbrus Capital, a Russia-focused private equity firmwith a capital base of approximately $ 1 billion. Before he started Waterland, Rob gained extensive experience in numerous (cross-border) mergers and acquisitions as manager/shareholder of RWP, later on acquired by the Investec group. He was also general manager of his family’s fashion retail group. Earlier on, he worked as a turn-around consultant with IMCG and as account manager with the Corporate Finance Group of ABN AMRO Bank. Rob was a non-executive member of the board of RPS plc, a London Stock Exchange quoted company active in environmental consultancy and of arxes NCC AG, an IT service provider quoted at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. He was a member of the visiting faculty of the Rotterdam School of Management (Erasmus University).

## About Elbrus Capital

VC Fund · George Town, Cayman Islands

Elbrus Capital Funds are CIS-focused private equity funds with US$1 billion of assets. Since the establishment of the first fund in 2007, Elbrus Capital Funds have made over 90 acquisitions. The funds focus on investments in leading Russian and CIS companies looking for further growth and consolidation opportunities. The funds seek to acquirecontrolling or significant minority equity stakes in fast-growing businesses, and partner with entrepreneurs who have the ambitions to take their business to the next level of development.Since the foundation, Elbrus Capital Funds have invested in 18 platforms across different industries, including the leading players in the digital area (HeadHunter, Mail.ru Group, CIAN Group), FMCG (Great Beer Holding), outsourcing and logistics (DPD Russia, PickPoint, OSG Records Management, Intercomp), private healthcare (National Medical Network), media (UTH, Vyberi Radio) and others.

4 contacts available at Elbrus Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alexander Savin | Senior Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-savin |
| Dmitri Krukov | Founder and Senior Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dmitri-krukov |
| Rob Thielen | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rob-thielen-6981 |
| Rob Thielen | Senior Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rob-thielen |

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