Eugen Viehof

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Karl Eugen Viehof (born February 28, 1916 in Mönchengladbach ; † February 5, 2010 ) was a German entrepreneur.

In 1962, Eugen Viehof and his brother-in-law Gerhard Ackermans founded the Selgros wholesale business , which later became the Allkauf department stores.

In 1998, Viehof sold its retail group to the Metro Group for around 2.4 billion marks . The Vibro- Beteiligungsgesellschaft (short name "vibrogruppe") was founded from the sales proceeds .

In 1985 he received the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon for his entrepreneurial achievements .

Eugen Viehof had four sons who founded the Eugen Viehof Foundation on the occasion of his 80th birthday in 1996 . The German Schiller Foundation annually awards the Eugen Viehof gift of honor to German writers from the basic assets .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rheinische Post of February 10, 2010, page D7
  2. ↑ rp-online.de, February 10, 2010: Mourning for Eugen Viehof senior ( memento of the original from February 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 10, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rp-online.de
  3. ↑ spiegel.de August 17, 2001: "Everyone can buy anything"
  4. ^ Statutes of the Eugen Viehof Foundation (PDF)
personal data
SURNAME Viehof, Eugene
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Viehof, Karl Eugen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Mönchengladbach
DATE OF DEATH February 5, 2010