Anders Holch Povlsen

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Anders Holch Povlsen (born November 4, 1972 in Ringkøbing ) is a Danish entrepreneur .

Life

Anders Holch Povlsen first attended the Business College in Herning, Denmark, in 1990. From 1990 to 1996 he completed a combined bachelor's degree in European Business Administration at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, UK, and the Berlin School of Economics and Law .

At the age of 28, he took over the management of the fashion company Bestseller founded by his parents, which grew out of a women's fashion store in Aarhus that they opened in 1975 . In the course of the 1980s, they expanded the range to include men's and children's clothing. Today the company has around 9,000 branches worldwide.

In 2018 he was the richest person in Denmark according to Forbes . Bestsellers include brands like Vero Moda , Only and Jack & Jones, and it has interests in online retailers like Zalando and ASOS.com, as well as payment provider Klarna . Povlsen is a member of the Zalando Supervisory Board.

Povlsen is one of the largest landowners in Scotland with around one percent of Scotland's land area with castles and pastures.

Private life

Constantinsborg

Anders Holch Povlsen is married to Anne Storm Pedersen. The family lives on Constantinsborg Estate near Aarhus. Three of the four children, Alma, Agnes and Alfred, died in the bomb attacks in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday 2019 . Only daughter Astrid survived. In March 2020 he became the father of female twins.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Anders Holch Povlsen , Bloomberg Billionaires Index , accessed May 17, 2019.
  2. ^ CV Anders Holch Povlsen , Zalando, accessed on April 22, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b c “Danish billionaire loses three children in series of attacks in Sri Lanka” , Stern from April 22, 2019.
  4. ↑ "This is how Anders Holch Povlsen formed one of the most successful fashion groups in Europe" , Handelsblatt dated July 25, 2018.
  5. ↑ The Supervisory Board. Zalando SE, accessed on February 7, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Suicide bombings in Sri Lanka: Danish billionaire loses three children in bomb attacks. In: Spiegel Online , April 22, 2019. On Spiegel.de, accessed on August 31, 2020.
  7. ↑ A billionaire couple have twins one year after the Sri Lankan attacks
personal data
SURNAME Povlsen, Anders Holch
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH 4th November 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Ringkøbing , Denmark