Erich Lejeune

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Erich J. Lejeune (born June 15, 1944 in Dorfen ) is a German entrepreneur who also works as a motivational coach and television presenter .

Live and act

Erich Lejeune grew up in difficult family and social circumstances in Munich after the war. His father was shaped by his experiences on the Russian front and long war prisoners , his mother worked as a cleaning assistant. After finishing elementary school, he completed an apprenticeship as a businessman at a wholesaler for electrical goods in Munich. There he discovered his talent as a salesman. In the following 15 years, further professional positions took him to Switzerland and finally to the management of various medium-sized trading companies in the electronics industry.

Lejeune has been married to his Swiss wife Irène for the second time since 1980. The couple lives in Munich .

Erich Lejeune was appointed Honorary Consul of Ireland for Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in 2001 by the Irish Foreign Minister, and in 2010 he was made Honorary Consul General of Ireland for Bavaria and Thuringia.

Chip broker

In 1976 Lejeune founded the company “ce Consumer Electronics” (today “ce GLOBAL SOURCING GmbH”, in between for a few years “ce GLOBAL SOURCING AG”). The business model of chip brokering is to operate a brokerage system for semiconductor chips without warehousing, whereby worldwide price differences are exploited. In 1979 a branch was established in Tokyo and in 1981 one in Silicon Valley . In the spring of 1998, a few months before going public, the company, with 21 employees and sales of almost DM 37 million, was still the size of a medium-sized trading company.

Lejeune's wife Irène was primarily responsible for the IPO of “ce Consumer Electronics AG” in June 1998, with Dietrich Walther acting in an advisory capacity. Until the IPO, the company specialized in high-margin trading in hard-to-find chips and has now also entered the lower-margin mass market. From the introduction of the “Nemax 50” on July 1, 1999, the share was represented in this share index of the Neuer Markt stock exchange segment . Also in 1999 the company Virtual Chip Exchange, Inc. (VCE) started with the first virtual chip exchange, i. H. a B2B trading system to sell semiconductor components via e-business ; VCE was a joint venture between ce AG and the Canadian software company Mediagrif. Ce AG grew, primarily through acquisitions, whereby the capital raised by the IPO was spent comparatively quickly. From the peak of 153.9 million marks in liquid funds, only 39.3 million marks remained after the end of the 2000 financial year. With the majority stake in the US company SND, ce AG moved up into the top group of chip brokers in August 2000. (At the beginning of 2005, the manager magazin ruled that SND had been bought too expensive.) The number of ce employees increased from 33 in 1999 to 412 in 2000. The market value of ce AG rose during the dot-com bubble , one Speculative bubble , temporarily to over 3 billion DM in the first half of 2000. Lejeune, who initially owned around 30 percent of ce shares, reduced his share to 13 percent by the end of 2000 and to less than five percent by August 2004. At the end of 2002 he withdrew from the management of the company "ce Consumer Electronics", although in April 2001 he had extended his contract as CEO by four years until 2005. Ce AG closed the year 2002 with a clear loss. Nevertheless, in retrospect, Lejeune says that he passed the company on to the second generation "with the best numbers."

After that, Lejeune was still active as a consultant for ce, where he was criticized by the protection community of investors because of the amount of his consulting fee. At the beginning of 2005, manager magazin saw the business model developed by Lejeune no longer viable, as the market had become more transparent thanks to the Internet (i.e. the profit margins became smaller). In 2006 the German Association for Protection of Securities named the company ce AG in second place on their list of “Germany's largest capital destroyers”.

At the end of the 1990s, Lejeune's planned participation in the media company Josef von Ferenczys failed .

TV presenter

Before Erich Lejeune moderated his own programs, he was a frequent guest on talk shows on television. Since 1999, Lejeune has worked as a television presenter for local private broadcasters, first from 1999 to 2005 on TV Munich and then from 2005 on münchen.tv ; in his programs he speaks to guests from business, church, society, media, medicine and politics. Since 1999 he has been showing celebrities from their private side in the series “Lejeune - the Personality Talk”. In addition, the series “Motivation Germany” ran from 2004 to 2010. His “Brennpunkt” series began in 2007 under the title “Brennpunkt - the motivational talk with Erich Lejeune” and was renamed “Brennpunkt München” at the end of 2010; it is now called “Focus on Economy”. In addition, Lejeune has moderated the series “Der Münchner Medizintalk” since 2013 and the format “Der Münchner Finanztalk” since 2015.

Author and motivator

Lejeune's series of book publications begins in 1990 with his autobiography “Mr. Chip ”, for which he had hired a ghostwriter . Lejeune wrote a number of books on the subject of motivation, such as "Live honestly, get rich!", "You can do what you want!", "Life science motivation!" And "Know yourself!" - 301 questions for a successful life ”. Regarding Lejeune's book “You create what you want!” Marc Schlette states: “The decisive factor with Lejeune is his 'natural law' success thinking. The striking messages here are an expression of the assumption that examples can be used to infer hidden principles of success and failure. "

In the mid-1990s, Erich Lejeune and Peter Kapfhammer took an initiative to found an “Academy for Innovation and Lateral Thinking” in Eggenfelden , but it was unsuccessful. Lejeune founded his “Lejeune Academy for Motivation, Communication & Success” in 2003, which he renamed in 2007 to “Lejeune Academy for Philosophy & Motivation”. The establishment took place in a difficult environment, as a number of negative reports about the motivational trainer industry had appeared in the media the year before (mainly because of Jürgen Höller ) . In his book “Life Science Motivation”, Lejeune made plans for a chair for motivation at the Faculty of Economics at the Technical University of Munich public, which should have offered a “Master of Motivation” degree. However, the cooperation with the TU did not go beyond a series of lectures in the winter semester 2005/06 on the subject of “Motivation for Excellence”. In 2008 he received a "teaching assignment for motivation training" at the University of Philosophy in Munich . His radio column “Motivation Germany - The Lejeune Column” ran on Klassik Radio until August 2009 .

Foundations

As early as 1988, Lejeune founded the Lejeune Foundation, a non-profit institution for dentistry.

In 2003 he and his wife founded the Heart for Heart Foundation for Life , with the share capital he paid in at EUR 300,000. In particular, the foundation enables heart operations and diagnostic measures for children from poor regions of the world. The foundation receives additional amounts of money through the income from charity events, individual donations and through a circle of friends. In addition, there are donations in kind from medical technology companies. The subsequent incoming payments exceed the total of the share capital. The foundation has aid projects in Vietnam and South Africa. Among other things, in 2006 she set up a children's heart ward at the Da Nang General Hospital . She also supports medical collaborations between the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and universities in the Vietnamese cities of Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang.

In spring 2012, Lejeune founded the Erich Lejeune Chair for Philosophy and Motivation at the Munich School of Philosophy . The philosopher Godehard Brüntrup held the chair until 2019. The chair was closed in 2019.

In contrast to the above-mentioned foundations, the sponsorship of the football club SpVgg Unterhaching was sponsored by the company ce Consumer Electronics AG . It ran until June 30, 2002, with Lejeune and Herbert Graus paying the money out of their own pockets to ce AG , which then passed it on.

Awards

  • 1997: Appointment as Senator hc in the Federal Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and spokesman for the Economic Senate in the BVMW
  • 1999: Voted the German “ Entrepreneur of the Year ” in the retail category
  • 2000: European Taxpayers Award 1999 of the Taxpayers Association of Europe eV (TAE) The award was presented by TAE President Rolf von Hohenhau , who has been Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Lejeunes company ce AG since the IPO in 1998 and became Chairman of the Supervisory Board in 2002.
  • 2002: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • Golden badge of honor of the Wittelsbacher for his commitment to the modern pentathlon
  • 2007: First Class Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • 2010: Honorary doctorate from the University of Philosophy of the Jesuits in Munich
  • 2011: Presentation of the "King Fellow Award" by the European University - Center for Management Studies
  • 2012: Bavarian Order of Merit
  • 2013: Honorary doctorate from Da Nang University
  • 2015: Honorary doctorate from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Ho Chi Minh City
  • 2019: Appointment as honorary professor by the leading Da Nang University

Publications

Secondary literature

  • Uwe Kanning: How you are guaranteed not to be successful! On the trail of the phenomenon of the success gurus. Pabst, Lengerich 2007, ISBN 978-3-89967-388-3 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Embassy of Ireland, Germany: German Honorary Consuls
  2. ↑ ce GLOBAL SOURCING GmbH. (PDF) ce GLOBAL SOURCING GmbH, accessed on March 6, 2018 . To be more precise: ce Global Sourcing AG merged with the newly founded HPI AG; ce Global Sourcing GmbH is a subsidiary of the HPI Group that trades in electronic components.
  3. ↑ ce GLOBAL: Michael Negel takes over majority of shares, changes in the management board and supervisory board. www.aktiencheck.de, November 4, 2008, accessed on July 24, 2012 .
  4. ↑ Annual report 1999 of ce Consumer Electronics AG p. 13.
  5. ^ Günter Ogger : The stock market fraud. How shareholders and investors are being fooled , C. Bertelsmann Verlag, Munich 2001, p. 211. Ogger speaks of a “tired family business” that “had barely increased its sales within ten years”.
  6. ↑ Dr. H. c. Irène Lejeune ( Memento from February 6, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  7. ^ Günter Ogger: The stock market fraud. C. Bertelsmann Verlag, Munich 2001, p. 211.
  8. ↑ "40 percent profit increase annually". Focus, June 15, 1998, accessed September 1, 2012 .
  9. ↑ Ad hoc: ce takes over majority in Internet Chipbörse VCE. DGAP, March 16, 1999, accessed August 1, 2012 .
  10. ↑ High-tech companies in the death zone. Spiegel, April 21, 2001, accessed August 30, 2012 .
  11. ↑ CE Consumer: swallows US competitor SND. manager-magazin, August 7, 2000, accessed August 8, 2012 .
  12. ↑ a b Hard renovation. manager magazin online, February 25, 2005, accessed September 1, 2012 .
  13. ↑ a b Annual Report 2000 of ce Consumer Electronics AG “At a glance”.
  14. ↑ CE Consumer: The chip dealer reassures the shareholders. Der Tagesspiegel, July 3, 2001, accessed on August 30, 2012 .
  15. ↑ Harvest failed. Focus-Money, August 19, 2004, accessed July 29, 2012 .
  16. ↑ a b CE Consumer hopes for a turnaround. Computerwoche, March 31, 2003, accessed September 1, 2012 .
  17. ↑ Four more years. manager magazin, April 26, 2001, accessed August 13, 2012 .
  18. ↑ Dr. Interview with Erich Lejeune. 30Tausend, October 20, 2011, accessed September 1, 2012 .
  19. ↑ CE founder Erich Lejeune cashes in. (No longer available online.) Computerwoche, June 18, 2004, archived from the original on September 1, 2010 ; Retrieved July 24, 2012 . 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.computerwoche.de
  20. ↑ The greatest destroyers of capital. manager magazin online, February 16, 2006, accessed July 24, 2012 .
  21. ↑ Ferenczy searches further. Der Spiegel, May 3, 1999, accessed on August 31, 2012 .
  22. ↑ On the mind. Der Spiegel, April 29, 1996, accessed August 30, 2012 .
  23. ↑ Lejeune on münchen.tv
  24. ↑ The Munich Medical Talk on münchen.tv
  25. ↑ The Münchner Finanztalk on münchen.tv
  26. ↑ Warning of a sale. Der Spiegel, September 24, 1990, accessed August 30, 2012 .
  27. ↑ Mr. Chip has copied. Der Spiegel, August 19, 1991, accessed August 30, 2012 .
  28. ↑ Erich J. Lejeune: You can do what you want! The power is in you! Landsberg am Lech 2nd edition. 1999.
  29. ↑ Marc Schlette: Figures of Success. On the political criticism of corporate and management philosophy. Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2005, p. 246f. (Dissertation Univ. Duisburg-Essen).
  30. ↑ Creative, lateral and elitist. Focus, April 24, 1995, accessed August 9, 2012 .
  31. ^ Günter Ogger: The stock market fraud. C. Bertelsmann Verlag, Munich 2001, p. 212.
  32. ↑ Biography of Dr.phil.hc Erich Lejeune. (No longer available online.) Lejeune Academy, archived from the original on February 23, 2012 ; Retrieved August 9, 2012 . 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.lejeune-academy.de
  33. ↑ The simple messages of the motivational speakers. Spiegel, May 20, 2002, accessed August 4, 2012 .
  34. ↑ Motivational speaker: Deeply depressed. manager-magazin, July 24, 2002, accessed August 4, 2012 . There it says: "An industry that the world doesn't need has had its day."
  35. ↑ Erich J. Lejeune: Life Science Motivation. mvg Verlag, Heidelberg 2005, p. 183 (and p. 15).
  36. ↑ a b Chronicle of the Foundation ( Memento of the original from February 15, 2015 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.herzfuerherz.de
  37. ↑ New foundation helps sick children. Welt-online, September 7, 2003, accessed March 10, 2014 .
  38. ↑ Focus on economics Prof. Dr. Godehard Brüntrup - Philosophy & Motivation. Retrieved May 18, 2019 (German).
  39. ↑ Endowed chairs . Retrieved May 18, 2019 .
  40. ↑ Annual Report 2002 of ce Consumer Electronics AG, p. 98.
  41. ^ Annual report 2000 of ce Consumer Electronics AG, p. 4 and p. 73.
  42. ↑ Acceptance speech by Erich J. Lejeune on the occasion of the European Taxpayers Award 1999
  43. ^ Annual report 1998 of ce Consumer Electronics AG p. 8
  44. ↑ Ad hoc announcement June 12, 2002 transmitted by DGAP
  45. ↑ - ( Memento of the original from December 18, 2015 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. Press release of the "Heart for Heart - Foundation for Life!" @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.herz-fuer-herz.de
  46. ↑ ĐH Đà Nẵng trao tặng danh hiệu “Giáo sư Danh dự” cho TSDD. Erich Johann Lejeune. July 30, 2019, accessed September 17, 2019 .

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SURNAME Lejeune, Erich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lejeune, Erich J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur and author
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Villages