Tag: family business
Özlem Türeci & Ugur Sahin: Getting to the vaccine at the speed of light
Özlem Türeci and Uğur Şahin The 54-year-old Sahin is CEO and co-founder of Biontech, and his wife, who is one year younger than him, works there as Chief Medical Officer.…
The generation change has to wait for Käthe Wohlfahrt
Kenta, Takuma, Fumiko, Harald and Aska Wohlfahrt (from left) Christmas as a year-round business model: the third generation is already working in the family company from Rothenburg ob der Tauber.…
The generation change has to wait for Käthe Wohlfahrt
Dusseldorf The Leipzig Christmas Market has existed since 1458. Around 300 stalls with stollen to Erzgebirge decorations otherwise attract tens of thousands to the historic old town. The market was…
Müller Milch is getting a new head supervisor
Stefan Müller Theo Müller’s eldest son becomes the dairy company’s new chief supervisor. (Photo: imago stock & people) Dusseldorf A change at the top of the supervisory board is pending…
Bertram Kandziora says goodbye with record sales
Stuttgart Bertram Kandziora generally does not tend to be exuberant. “The five billion are within reach,” says the Stihl boss almost without emotion, assessing his counterpart and then smiling slightly…
Sustainability yes, more bureaucracy no
Sustainability has long been an important issue for most companies. Word has not yet gotten around everywhere, however, about the EU Commission’s plans to combine the issue with very extensive…
The Quandts’ asset manager opens up to investors
Corporate headquarters of HQ Harald Quandt is one of the largest privately owned asset managers. (Photo: HQ Holding) Frankfurt The HQ Holding of the Harald Quandt family wants to open…
The Quandts’ asset manager opens up to investors
Corporate headquarters of HQ Harald Quandt is one of the largest privately owned asset managers. (Photo: HQ Holding) Frankfurt The HQ Holding of the Harald Quandt family wants to open…
Traditional bank Metzler becomes a stock corporation and restructures the board of directors
Metzler banking house in Frankfurt The change in legal form is the biggest change in the structure of the money house in over three decades. (Photo: Bankhaus Metzler) Frankfurt Germany’s…
Tchibo should become younger, more digital and more sustainable
From left: Michael and Wolfgang Herz The brothers’ families each hold around 40 percent of the Maxingvest Holding. Hamburg The heart of Tchibo beats on Überseering in City Nord, a…
With personalized therapy against depression
Frankfurt Benedikt von Braunmühl has big plans: The Munich biopharmaceutical company HMNC Brain Health, which he runs, wants to usher in a new era in the treatment of depression. Precision…
Hawag wants to catch up with Lowa with new soles
Munich What Adolf and Rudolf Dassler were to Herzogenaurach, the brothers Hans and Lorenz Wagner were to Jetzendorf and Vierkirchen. Some of them built up the adidas and Puma sneaker…
Hawag wants to catch up with Lowa with new soles
Munich What Adolf and Rudolf Dassler were to Herzogenaurach, the brothers Hans and Lorenz Wagner were to Jetzendorf and Vierkirchen. Some of them built up the adidas and Puma sneaker…
Max Viessmann is now the sole head of the company – Co-CEO Joachim Janssen is retiring
Max Viessmann Since 2017 he has led the group together with Joachim Janssen, who is now retiring. (Photo: Sandra Steh Photography / Viessmann) Dusseldorf Max Viessmann is now alone at…
These are the 50 oldest family businesses in Germany
Engraving of the Siegen galvanizing plant The picture shows the company in Geisweid in 1909, it was one of the oldest companies in Germany. Dusseldorf The oldest family businesses in…
Owning family is examining the sale of shares and wants to become a major Porsche shareholder
Porsche vehicle at a motor show The VW owner families grab a majority in the sports car manufacturer. (Photo: imago images / ZUMA Wire) Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt In the midst…
Börse, Puma & Conti celebrate
Christmas market in the parking garage Deutsche Börse organized a Christmas market for employees in the company’s own car park. The majority of companies have canceled Christmas parties, however, shows…
Why it is so difficult to get plastic out of packaging
Dusseldorf At first glance, the cardboard displays on which Procter & Gamble will be presenting Gillette razors at Lidl and Kaufland from this week look inconspicuous. But a year of…
The secret godfather of Munich
Munich He was still the godfather of his hometown Munich, but hardly anyone knew it. The outer insignia of power were gone, the well-known companies associated with August (“Gustl”) von…
Bertelsmann subsidiary wants to stop the fraud
Car-Cert managing director Patrick Scharwenka The start-up founder wants to make it difficult to manipulate speedometers. Dusseldorf When Patrick Scharwenka inspected his first used car, a small Fiat car, a…