Erhard Grossnigg
Erhard F. Grossnigg (born September 22, 1946 in Linz ) is an Austrian entrepreneur . He has the reputation of Austria's “parade renovator”.
Career
Grossnigg attended elementary school in Linz from 1952 to 1956 and secondary school from 1956 to 1960, also in Linz. From 1960 to 1965 he was at the Linz Commercial Academy . He studied at the University of World Trade in Vienna from 1964 to 1968. He then worked from 1968 to 1974 at the Chase Manhattan Bank in Vienna, New York City , Paris and Düsseldorf . In 1975 Grossnigg graduated. From 1974 to 1979 he was a managing partner of Donau-Finanz Treuhand- und finanzgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG in Vienna. In 1980 he received his doctorate . Grossnigg has been a managing partner of theEF Grossnigg Finanzberatung und Treuhandgesellschaft mbH . Since that time, this company has had the reorganization or restructuring of troubled companies as its business object.
Grossnigg is also a founding partner of Austro Holding GmbH. This holding company holds shares in the following companies (% shares):
- Ankerbrot (the most important baked goods manufacturer in Austria), 100%
- Austro Lease Fuhrparkmanagement GmbH, 100%
- Bene (furniture construction), 50%
- Dachstein (shoes), 90%
- Deutz-Fahr Austria Agricultural Machinery GmbH, 83%
- Domoferm (metal industry), 95%
- Gaulhofer (largest provider of industrially manufactured windows and doors in Austria), 34.5%
- HDW (hotel and restaurant supplier), 100%
- Kunert Fashion GmbH, 40%
- Lohberger, Heiz + Kochgeräte-Technologie GmbH, 90%
- Neudoerfler Office Systems, 50%
- Sleepwell Kauffmann GmbH, 100%
The total assets of Austro Holding in the 2015 financial year were EUR 182.4 million.
Grossnigg also owns grosso Holding . This holding company owned, for example, 14.05% of the Linz IT group S&T . Grossnigg sold this stake in October 2016 after Foxconn joined S&T. In January 2017 grosso Holding took over the insolvent Bramscher bedding manufacturer Gebr. Sanders GmbH for 18.5 million euros .
In addition, Grossnigg has owned the Augarten porcelain factory since 2003 .
In the past, Grossnigg was also with companies such as ADEG Austria , Alpine Holding , Delka , Economos, Europapier AG, Forstinger , Frantschach , Funder, Huber Tricot , Kneissl , Leiner / Kika , Leykam , Praktiker , Semper Constantia Privatbank , Wienerwald or Zellstoffwerk Pöls and many other companies involved.
In March 2016, Grossnigg announced that he would retire from operational business in autumn 2016. After his 70th birthday, he will only hold the board mandate in his four foundations: Czerwenka Private Foundation, Gambit Private Foundation, MTS Private Foundation and Rhomberg Private Foundation. Grossnigg is good friends with the industrialist Hans Peter Haselsteiner .
Web links
- Grossniggs Homepage
- Grossnigg at Austro Holding
- Simone Hoepke: Erhard Grossnigg: "This is money thrown away " Interview in kurier.de from January 30th, 2015
- Nicole Stern, Beate Lammer: Renovator Grossnigg: "My friends are all retired" In: Die Presse from March 11, 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ Short biography: Dr. Erhard F. Grossnigg (PDF)
- ^ Peter Muzik: Austria's best company doctor In: Wiener Zeitung from August 18, 2008
- ↑ Dr. Erhard F. Grossnigg: Curriculum Vitae efgrossnigg.at
- ↑ Annual report of Austro Holding 2015 (PDF)
- ↑ Grossnigg leaves Linzer S&T In: Die Presse from October 18, 2016
- ↑ Wiener Grosso Holding joins Sanders in Bramsche In: Osnabrücker Zeitung of January 27, 2017
- ↑ It remains in the corporate family In: Vorarlberger Nachrichten of February 21, 2017
- ↑ Selected references efgrossnigg.at
- ↑ Grossnigg at Raiffeisen-IT-Deal Favorit In: Der Standard from October 4, 2016
- ↑ Apa: Sanierer Grossnigg withdraws In: Salzburger Nachrichten of March 7, 2016
- ↑ Andrea Hodoschek: A terribly nice company In: kurier.at from April 19, 2015
- ↑ Andrea Hodoschek: Haselsteiner, Gusenbauer and Co. klagen In: kurier.at of July 23, 2015
- ↑ Andrea Hodoschek: Grossnigg: "Endlich courage to reform" In: kurier.at from January 1, 2013
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Grossnigg, Erhard |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grossnigg, Erhard F. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian entrepreneur and renovator |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 22, 1946 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Linz |