Friedrich von Metzler

Friedrich von Metzler (born April 23, 1943 in Dresden ) is a German banker and patron in Frankfurt am Main .

Life

Friedrich von Metzler is the son of Albert (1898–1989) and Elisabeth von Metzler born. Kunze (1915-2012). Since 1971 he has been personally liable partner of the private bank B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. KGaA .

From 1986 to 1993, von Metzler was a member of the board of directors of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FWB), the predecessor of which, the Old Stock Exchange , emerged in 1585 from a regular meeting of Frankfurt merchants. From 1989 to 1993 he was Chairman of the Board of Management of FWB and from 1990 to 1993 Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse AG / Deutsche Börse AG. In these offices he was one of the initiators for the conversion of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange into Deutsche Börse AG . The Frankfurt Stock Exchange was merged with the other public institutions Deutsche Terminbörse , Deutscher Kassenverein , Auslands-Kassenverein and Deutsche Wertpapierdaten-Zentrale to form the newly formed Deutsche Börse AG.

Of Metzler's son Jakob von Metzler was kidnapped and murdered by the student Magnus Gäfgen in 2002 at the age of eleven . The kidnapping case is the subject of the television film The Jakob von Metzler case . Friedrich von Metzler has two other children, a son and a daughter, who both work in the private bank Metzler.

At the end of May 2018, von Metzler withdrew from the board of directors of Metzler-Holding and the management of Bankhaus Metzler, but remained personally liable partner.

Honorary positions

Von Metzler is Deputy Chairman of the Administration of Dr. Senckenberg Foundation and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research .

Awards

2003 was honored by Metzler with the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class.

On September 5, 2004, von Metzler was made an honorary citizen of Frankfurt am Main .

In 2010, von Metzler was named “Science-oriented Entrepreneur of the Year” by the Association of University Lecturers for Business Administration (VHB). With this award, the VHB honors entrepreneurs and practitioners who have promoted communication between science and business in general and in particular the subject of business administration.

In 2011, von Metzler and his wife received the Georg August Zinn Medal from the State of Hesse. With this award, services to the common good in Hessen are recognized.

In 2011, von Metzler was awarded the Willy Pitzer Prize. He received the prize, endowed with 25,000 euros, for "his life's work, in which he extraordinarily promoted the foundation's idea and social commitment"

Sylvia and Friedrich von Metzler received the Maecenas Award 2012 from the working group of independent cultural institutes. V. - AsKI for their exemplary services in promoting cultural and social life in the city of Frankfurt am Main.

In 2014, the Handelsblatt accepted von Metzler into the 'Handelsblatt Hall of Fame'. Even the Manager Magazin picked Friedrich von Metzler 2014 in his Hall of Fame on.

In 2014 he received the Hessian Order of Merit .

In 2014 Friedrich von Metzler was awarded the Entrepreneur Prize of the Business Club Aachen Maastricht.

On June 20, 2017, he was awarded by the Initiative Deutscher Gründerpreis for his life's work.

On August 13, 2018, von Metzler was appointed Honorary Professor of the State of Hesse .

On May 8, 2019, von Metzler was the first to be awarded the Meritum Prize from the Deutsches Aktieninstitut for his life's work.

literature

• Hilmar Hoffmann : The big Frankfurters . Honorable citizens and honorary citizens from Charlemagne to Friedrich von Metzler. Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3-7973-0928-7 , pp. 181-196.
• Karl Kiefer (Ed.): Frankfurter Blätter for Family Stories 5 (1912), Frankfurt am Main, pp. 136-137.

Web links

• Friedrich von Metzler calls for more shares in old-age provision , Focus Money , November 21, 2017, interview

• Der Anstifter , Süddeutsche Zeitung , January 25, 2018, interview
• “The Germans save the wrong way” , Der Tagesspiegel , June 25, 2018, interview

Footnotes

1. ↑ The Metzler pedigree continues through Moritz von Metzler (1869–1935) and Anna Maria, geb. Humser (* 1876), Albert von Metzler (banker, 1839) and Marie, b. Lemmé (1843–1893), Georg Friedrich Metzler (1806–1889) and Johanna Fuchs (1811–1882), Johann Friedrich Metzler (1780–1864) and Johanna, geb. Heyder (1784–1836), to Friedrich Metzler (1749–1825; Hoffmann: Die große Frankfurter , pp. 30–35) and Susanna, geb. Fingerlin (1764-1799); Through his sister-in-law Catharina Elisabeth Bethmann (1753-1813) there is a family connection to the banking house of Bethmann .
2. ^ Deutsche Börse Group - Company History. In: deutsche-boerse.com. Retrieved August 4, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Jörg Böckem : Friedrich von Metzler: "Even if I have experienced a real nightmare myself, I believe in the good in people" , ZEITmagazin 23/2018 of September 25, 2018
4. ^ Friedrich von Metzler is leaving the management of his private bank , Handelsblatt , April 20, 2018
5. ↑ nzz.ch June 12, 2018
6. ↑ spiegel.de April 20, 2018
7. ↑ handelsblatt.com April 2, 2016: The old master
8. ↑ Press release of the Hessian State Chancellery of May 30, 2011  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
9. ^ Website of the Willy Robert Pitzer Foundation ( Memento from April 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
10. ^ Event forum : Handelsblatt Hall of Fame for family businesses. In: www.vf-holtzbrinck.de. Retrieved August 4, 2016 . 
11. ↑ Michael Machatschke: Friedrich von Metzler and Wolfgang Reitzle included in the hall of fame of the German economy. In: Manager Magazin. October 1, 2014, accessed April 24, 2018 . 
12. ^ Friedrich von Metzler - German Founder Prize. Retrieved September 26, 2018 . 
13. ↑ Friedrich von Metzler is now an honorary professor. Frankfurter Neue Presse, August 14, 2018, accessed on August 29, 2018 . 
14. ↑ winners Meritum price. Retrieved July 5, 2019 .