# Thomas Pischke

> Thomas Pischke is the physicist, programmer, co-founder and CTO behind Trade Republic's technical infrastructure. After studying physics with a focus on quantum computing at LMU Munich and working at payments fintech Payworks, he joined Christian Hecker and Marco Cancellieri to build the company first known as Neon Trading. Pischke has remained a deliberately technical operator, publicly saying that he still codes while overseeing infrastructure, IT security and partner integrations for the Berlin bank.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CTO at Trade Republic
- **Organizations:** Trade Republic, Payworks, START Munich, TU Investment Club
- **Education:** Master's degree in Physics, focused on quantum computing, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
- **Known for:** Co-founded Trade Republic, originally Neon Trading, with Christian Hecker and Marco Cancellieri., Built and scaled Trade Republic's infrastructure while overseeing IT security standards and technical cooperation with partners., Won several programming competitions organized by major banks with prototypes of Trade Republic's technology.

## Career timeline

- **2013** — Served as Vice President of START Munich.
- **Before 2015** — Worked at Munich payments fintech Payworks and programmed in fintech.
- **2015** — Co-founded Neon Trading with Christian Hecker and Marco Cancellieri after discussions about banking, pensions and access to capital markets.
- **2016** — The company later known as Trade Republic was entered in the German commercial register.
- **2018** — The company received its securities trading bank licence in December.
- **2019** — Trade Republic launched to customers in Germany under its current brand.
- **2022** — As CTO, announced continued investment in engineering and a Stockholm technology hub; said he still programmed regularly.
- **2023** — Trade Republic received a full banking licence in December.
- **2024** — Registered as a managing director of Trade Republic Bank GmbH from October while continuing as co-founder and CTO.
- **2025** — Participated as a CDTM alumnus expert in the institution's spring hackathon; Trade Republic reported operations in 18 EU markets.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Trade Republic, originally Neon Trading, with Christian Hecker and Marco Cancellieri.
- Built and scaled Trade Republic's infrastructure while overseeing IT security standards and technical cooperation with partners.
- Won several programming competitions organized by major banks with prototypes of Trade Republic's technology.
- Helped develop Trade Republic's technology platform in-house.
- Became a managing director of Trade Republic Bank GmbH in October 2024.
- As CTO, helped scale the engineering organization from the first lines of code to hundreds of engineers.

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Trade Republic's facts sheet listed the bank in 18 EU markets and Pischke among its three founders.
- **2024-10** — Became a registered managing director of Trade Republic Bank GmbH.

## Links

- Website: https://traderepublic.com/
- LinkedIn: https://de.linkedin.com/in/tpischke

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Last updated: 2026-09-26