Julian Leitloff began his career in the Frankfurt branch of Deutsche Bank just five days before the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008. He then returned to academia and completed his graduate studies at Zeppelin University. Shortly thereafter, at the age of 22, he co-founded his first company, Stilnest, which achieved business worth millions of dollars with customers from over 60 countries. In 2016, he was named one of Forbes' 30 Under 30 in Europe. In 2017, he co-founded the Fractal blockchain platform with Júlio Santos.