Bryan Kaus

Energy and industrials executive.
Investor-operator. Founder.

Bryan Kaus works across markets, operations, capital allocation, and institutional strategy — the decisions that determine enterprise value across energy, industrials, and adjacent real-economy markets.

EngagementsUnited States & international

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Current work

Bryan’s principal work is expressed through a small group of institutions.

Strategic advisory Twenty Three Point Five

Twenty Three
Point Five

Strategic counsel for leaders, owners, and investors navigating questions of strategy, capital, markets, and institutional performance.

Bryan’s advisory firm, working with leaders, owners, investors, and founders on the consequential decisions that determine enterprise value — strategy, commercial performance, transactions, transformation, and institutional leadership.

Engagements are structured around the decision to be made, the work required, and the outcome the organization needs.

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Principal investment & research Kaus Capital

Kaus Capital
& Australis

Principal investment and proprietary research grounded in operating knowledge, capital discipline, and real-economy markets.

Kaus Capital is Bryan’s principal investment, research, and business-building platform. Australis is the proprietary company and market intelligence system that organizes filings, valuation, cycle analysis, market intelligence, and leadership research around judgment rather than volume.

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Published analysis The Point Taken

The Point
Taken

Essays and analysis on markets, companies, institutions, and leadership.

Bryan’s publication for essays on energy, industrial markets, capital allocation, business history, institutions, and leadership — writing that finds the system underneath the headlines.

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Civic and published work

Charitable service and a published book.

Silk Foundation

A charitable foundation established by Bryan and Monica Kaus to support service, dignity, opportunity, and durable community impact.

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A Seat at My Table

A book about food, hospitality, and the culture of the table — the traditions and hospitality through which people care for one another.

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Silk Foundation received IRS approval in March 2026 and publicly launched in June 2026.

Inquiries

For advisory, board, investment, media, and selected collaborative conversations.

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