Bryan Kaus
A New Jersey native with a global perspective, Bryan has spent nearly two decades shaping strategy, capital, and transactions at the top of the energy industry. Today he advises, invests, and writes about the businesses that run the physical economy.
Most of the economy still runs on things you can touch: molecules, plants, pipelines, trucks, kitchens. Understanding how they are built, moved, priced, and financed is the work.
Bryan Kaus is an investor, strategist, and entrepreneur who has spent nearly two decades shaping strategy, capital, and transactions at the top of the global energy industry. He is Founder and Managing Partner of 23.5 Strategies, invests his own capital through Kaus Capital in the businesses that keep the economy running, and writes The Point Taken. With his wife, he founded and chairs the Silk Foundation of Texas.
Nearly two decades inside some of the largest energy companies in North America and Europe.
Commercial growth that multiplied the earnings of a major U.S. fuels business
Central role in taking a publicly traded partnership to market
Strategy across one of the largest revenue portfolios in the American downstream sector
Led a global renewable fuels leader's platform in the Americas
Twenty Three Point Five
Advisory for owners, boards, and investors facing a specific decision. Small by design.
Kaus Capital
Principal capital, invested where operating knowledge is an edge.
The Point Taken
Weekly essays on energy, markets, and the people running them.
Pour Intelligence
Co-founded beverage intelligence platform for operators, distributors, and brands.
Silk Foundation of Texas
Founded and chaired with Monica Kaus. A Texas charitable foundation established in 2026.
A Seat at My Table
A practical but elevated cookbook for confident home cooking, from Jersey roots to a Texas table.