Dieter Leipold (entrepreneur)
Dieter Leipold (born October 18, 1937 in Ludwigsburg ; † August 31, 2014 in Ostheim vor der Rhön ) was a German master brewer and entrepreneur . He invented the soft drink Bionade .
Life
Dieter Leipold spent his childhood and youth in Würzburg and learned the trade of master brewer . In 1964 he took up a job at the Peter brewery in Ostheim, where beer was produced until the 1980s. When his future wife Sigrid Kowalsky took over the business, Leipold was looking for an alternative to the beer business, which was then not very profitable for small and medium-sized breweries . In his home, he developed a brewing process in which malt is fermented to produce gluconic acid instead of alcohol. Gluconic acid is also used by bees to preserve honey. The soft drink Bionade developed from it later became internationally successful after the brewery had become almost insolvent due to the high costs for development and start of production. Leipold was a co-owner of the brand, which was gradually sold to the Radeberger Group in 2009 and 2012 .
Even before the sale, Leipold had withdrawn from day-to-day business. The management of the company and also the marketing were less his thing than the craft brewing and the development of new Bionade recipes. From a commercial point of view, his step-sons Stephan and Peter Kowalsky were responsible for the company.
Leipold lived in his second marriage with Sigrid Peter-Leipold and died after a short serious illness in his adopted home Ostheim vor der Rhön.
Awards
Together with his wife, he was honored with the silver anniversary medal of the city of Ostheim.
Web links
- Literature by and about Dieter Leipold in the catalog of the German National Library
- Curriculum vitae and obituary in the Mainpost of September 2, 2014 (accessed September 4, 2014)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary on www.mainpost.de ( Memento from September 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on September 3, 2014)
- ↑ Curriculum vitae and obituary in the Mainpost of September 2, 2014 (accessed September 4, 2014).
- ↑ obituary www.focus.de (accessed on 4 September 2014).
- ↑ Report on osthessen-news.de from April 12, 2008 (accessed on 4 September 2014).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leipold, Dieter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German master brewer and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ludwigsburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 31, 2014 |
| Place of death | Ostheim in front of the Rhön |