Carlo Giersch
Karl Emil Martin Giersch (born May 22, 1937 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German entrepreneur and patron .
Career
Giersch was born as the third child of a master gardener from the Sachsenhausen district of Frankfurt . After completing secondary school, he completed an apprenticeship as a wholesale and foreign trade clerk at the electrical wholesaler Spoerle. During this time he met Karin Lutz , a specialist butcher , whom he married in August 1963. An internship took him to the United States. In 1967 he and his boss founded the company Spoerle Electronic for trading in electrical components in Frankfurt am Main . In 1983 he took over the company completely and developed it into the largest distributor of electronic components in Central Europe with sales of more than DM 1.2 billion. In 2000 he withdrew from the operational business and sold his company.
When they retired, the childless couple developed extensive donation activities to promote science and art. In March 1990 the Carlo and Karin Giersch Foundation was established at the TU Darmstadt , in November 1994 the Giersch Foundation , which among other things acts as a sponsor for the Giersch Museum .
Honors
- 1991: Honorary Senator of the Technical University of Darmstadt
- 2003: Georg August Zinn Medal
- 2004: Plaque of honor from the city of Frankfurt am Main
- 2006: Honorary Professor of the State of Hesse
- 2009: German donor award of the Federal Association of German Foundations
- 2010: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2017: Order of Merit of the State of Hesse.
Web links
- Medium-sized companies, benefactors, trendsetters: a portrait of the founder, Carlo Giersch , in: Vorreiter, magazine for entrepreneurs, summer 2010
- Words of thanks from Senator E. h. Prof. Carlo Giersch , in: Words of thanks from Senator E. h. Prof. Carlo Giersch, 2009
Individual evidence
- ↑ Foundations ( Memento of the original dated March 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Giersch, Carlo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Giersch, Karl Emil Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur and patron |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |