Droege Group

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Droege Group

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founding 1988
Seat Dusseldorf , GermanyGermanyGermany 
management Ernest-W. Droege (CEO)

Walter PJ Droege (founder and board member)

Number of employees 49,600 (2015)
sales 9.2 billion EUR (2015)
Branch Business consulting , corporate participation
Website www.droege-group.com

The Droege Group AG , based in Düsseldorf, is a consulting and investment company founded in 1988 by Walter PJ Droege. The company is 100% family-owned, operates in over 30 countries and employs over 59,700 people worldwide. Since 2018 the Droege Group has been led by Ernest-W. Droege (CEO) and Walter PJ Droege (founder and CEO). According to FAZ, the Droege Group is listed 67th among the 100 largest German companies and 23rd among the largest family businesses.

Droege Group

The Droege Group makes direct investments with equity in group subsidiaries and medium-sized companies. The core of the family equity business model is the combination of advice and investments in one service.

Portfolio (selection)

The Droege Group's current portfolio comprises seven corporate platforms. The Droege Group currently holds majority stakes in ALSO Holding (Emmen, Switzerland), Höft & Wessel (Hanover, Germany), Servona (Troisdorf, Germany), Trenkwalder (Vienna, Austria), HAL Allergy (Leiden, Netherlands), Weltbild (Augsburg , Germany). In April 2012, the Droege Group added the Zieger medical supply group in Dortmund to its 150 million euro health division. In May 2014 the Droege Group took over the medical technology manufacturer Hoffrichter based in Schwerin and in June 2014 the takeover of Nicolai-Vital-Resort GmbH, which specializes in orthopedic and rehabilitation technology as well as home care in the healthcare sector. In August 2011, the Droege Group acquired the largest Austrian personnel service provider Trenkwalder. The Droege Group expanded the Swiss IT wholesale and logistics group Also-Actebis, in which Droege Group holds 51.3% shares, through the following acquisitions: Atomblock BV, Cora IT (2013), Bachmann Mobile Kommunikation, Nervogrid Oy, Alpha International BV (2014) and PC Factory SA (2015) In October 2014, the Droege Group took over the majority of the Weltbild publishing group, and in 2017 the remaining shares were also acquired.

Droege Ventures

In September 2014 the Droege Group started a venture capital program. It is aimed at young companies with innovative business models along the corporate platforms of the Droege Group.

criticism

In 2000, the connection between consulting and investment business (and the resulting conflicts of interest) of the Droege International Group was viewed critically. Through the financial participation (FaDroege Capital Beteiligungen) it is possible to direct consulting orders to one's own company (Droege & Comp.) And to exert greater influence on the fortunes of the company than other shareholders (e.g. Klöckner & Co ).

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ Droege Group - message. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .
  3. ↑ FAZ from July 1, 2015.
  4. ↑ Overview for investors. In: www.also.com. Retrieved May 30, 2016 .
  5. ↑ METRIC mobility solutions AG: Höft & Wessel IR ... shareholder structure. (No longer available online.) In: www.metric-group.com. Archived from the original on May 30, 2016 ; accessed on May 30, 2016 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.metric-group.com
  6. ↑ companies - Servona. In: www.servona.de. Retrieved May 30, 2016 .
  7. ↑ About HAL. In: www.hal-allergy.com. March 3, 2016, accessed May 30, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Press releases: Droege strengthens the health sector. April 16, 2012, accessed January 1, 2012 .
  9. ↑ http://www.droege-group.com/de/nachrichten/mitteilungen/node-53d0c546e0bf5
  10. ↑ http://www.droege-group.com/de/nachrichten/mitteilungen/node-53d0c3818cd05
  11. ↑ Carsten Knop: Takeover: Droege buys Austria's largest temporary employment agency. In: FAZ. April 22, 2011, accessed March 1, 2013 .
  12. ↑ ALSO Holding AG, Annual Report 2013. ALSO Holding AG, 2013, accessed on May 16, 2016 (English).
  13. ^ Swiss IT Media GmbH: IT Reseller - So Switzerland participates in Bachmann Mobile Kommunikation. In: IT Reseller. Retrieved May 30, 2016 .
  14. ↑ So buy technology for cloud brokerage. In: www.it-business.de. Retrieved May 30, 2016 .
  15. ↑ Michael Smith: So Alpha International is taking over. In: www.pbs-business.de. January 29, 2014, accessed May 30, 2016 .
  16. ↑ So Polish PC Factory takes over. In: Neue Luzerner Zeitung. Retrieved May 30, 2016 .
  17. ↑ Spiegel.de: Insolvent publishing group: Investor Droege takes over Weltbild step by step
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  19. ↑ Droege Ventures invests 50 million in start-ups. In: deutsche-startups.de. September 19, 2014, accessed May 30, 2016 .
  20. ^ Thomas Werres: Separate business. In: Manager Magazin. November 19, 2003, accessed March 1, 2013 .
  21. ↑ Matthias Kaufmann: We are glad that Droege is gone. In: Manager Magazin. June 30, 2003, accessed March 1, 2013 .