Ernst Tanner (Manager)
Ernst Tanner (born July 24, 1946 ; legal resident in Bargen SH ) is a Swiss business manager and entrepreneur. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the chocolate manufacturer Lindt & Sprüngli and a shareholder in the Austrian Signa Holding .
Life
After completing his basic training as a business graduate, Tanner continued his education at business schools in London and Harvard. He worked for over 25 years in leading management positions in the Johnson & Johnson Group in Europe and the USA. From 1993 to 2016 he was CEO of Lindt & Sprüngli, since 1994 he has been Chairman of the Board of Directors, for many years in a dual mandate as CEO. He has been a member of the Board of Directors since 1995 and vice-chairman since 2011 , and a member since 2002 and chairman of the compensation committee of the Swatch Group , as well as a member of the advisory board of the German Krombacher Brauerei GmbH & Co. KG . In 2015, Tanner took over 10 percent of the Austrian Signa Holding for 90 to 100 million euros , where he also has a mandate as an advisory board.
literature
- Ernst Tanner , Internationales Biographisches Archiv 22/2011 from May 31, 2011, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
Web links
- Ernst Tanner on the Lindt & Sprüngli website
- Iris Kuhn-Spogat, Stefan Barmettler: Lindt & Sprüngli: The Emperor from Kilchberg. In: Bilanz 23/2009 from December 18, 2009.
- Marc Kowalsky: Ernst Tanner: “I'm not an armchair glue” Interview in: Bilanz 10/2012 from May 30, 2012.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ernst Tanner. In: moneyhouse.ch , accessed on March 8, 2017.
- ↑ Ernst Tanner on the Lindt & Sprüngli website , accessed on March 8, 2017.
- ↑ This is how much René Benko's empire is worth , bilanz.ch from March 30, 2017, accessed on April 3, 2019
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Tanner, Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss manager and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 24, 1946 |