Tag: family business
How dm boss Christoph Werner steers dm through the pandemic
Christoph Werner The current dm boss once planned to become a pilot in the Bundeswehr. (Photo: imago images / BeckerBredel) Dusseldorf It was not easy for Christoph Werner to take…
Five new openings per week in 2021
Cologne When you step into Rewe on Kölner Ring, you feel a little like in a Japanese supermarket. Eat Happy’s refrigerated counter is full of sushi boxes, sashimi, seaweed salads…
Spotify founder Ek invests 100 million euros
Hamburg It is one of the most controversial fields for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) – and at the same time one of the most promising: the military. Daniel…
Springy gold amazes the competition
Dusseldorf Material experts, heads of specialist institutes, university professors: everyone shook their heads. Nobody thought that what Georg Wellendorff was up to was possible. The co-owner of the luxury jewelry…
Ekkehard Streletzki is building the tallest house in Berlin
Berlin Next to the makeshift party tent, the construction machines are making a noise this morning, the scene is pervaded by a hum of the diesel generators. That doesn’t change…
Oetker News: Entrepreneurial families split up Oetker
In doing so, “the shareholder groups are overcoming their different ideas about the management and strategy of the Oetker Group,” it was said at the end of July. Rudolf-August Oetker,…
Start-up wants to build inexpensive rockets
Dusseldorf Stefan Tweraser has long been known in the media industry. Most recently he worked as product manager at the music service Deezer, before that he was Germany manager at…
With software against the chip shortage
Munich Delivery times of several months, even several years? This is currently not uncommon in the chip industry. Customers who depend on a single type of semiconductor from a manufacturer…
Siemens Energy withdraws from hydropower JV with Voith
Siemens Energy plant in Mülheim-Ruhr Siemens Energy announced on Friday that the parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price for 35 percent of the shares in the specialist…
From the wooden duck to the digital workshop
Frankfurt Building and programming robots, making anime films on a laptop or creating figures in a 3D printer – children between the ages of six and twelve learn all of…
Sabine Engel wants to conquer the market with decaffeinated coffee
Sabine Engel “I am an entrepreneur with passion and love to always start from scratch and get ideas ready for the market.” Munich Sabine Engel has just survived the greatest…
This is the next biotech hope for investors
Frankfurt Andreas Bergmann has been driving this goal for many years to reduce the mortality of patients in intensive care units. Sepsis is one of the big topics on which…
What is Wolfram Simon-Schröter’s plans for Rostock Airport?
Zeitfracht board member Wolfram Simon-Schröter with his wife Jasmin Schröter The family company wants to take over Rostock-Laage Airport and expand it into a logistics hub. (Photo: Marcus Reichmann) Frankfurt…
Why do many women run businesses in Canada?
Ottawa When Linda Hasenfratz became CEO of the Canadian auto supplier Linamar almost 20 years ago, there were very few women in this position. At that time she succeeded her…
Energy storage start-up Stabl Energy gets fresh money
The founding team The founders of Stabl Energy from left to right: Martin Sprehe, Arthur Singer, Christoph Dietrich and Nam Truong. (Photo: STABL Energy GmbH) Hamburg A winner of the…
Antoni founders win for the second time
Antoni founder André Kemper (left) and Tonio Kröger founded the Berlin agency Antoni in 2015. (Photo: Antoni) Dusseldorf That doesn’t happen too often: The two advertising managers André Kemper and…
Jan Bredack’s company goes public
A Veganz supermarket in Berlin Dusseldorf Jan Bredack has meticulously prepared this moment for a good two years. In 2019 he converted his company Veganz into an AG. In two…
Building contractor Kurt Zech opens new hotels
Muenster It was a day entirely to Kurt Zech’s taste. Together with two of his children and his long-term partner at the Bremen Atlantic Group, the real estate entrepreneur Joachim…
Airfarm’s digital platform for farmers
Founder Hubertus Mai The founder used to work for the software company SAP – meanwhile, with his start-up, he has returned to the subject of agriculture. Munich Many farmers have…
Emma boss Manuel Müller calls for climate guidelines and wealth tax
Dusseldorf Manuel Müller, co-founder and managing director of the mattress online retailer Emma, expects decisive improvements in digitization and a clear roadmap for an energy transition from the future federal…