Günther Saßmannshausen

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Günther Saßmannshausen (born June 3, 1930 in Weidenau , † November 21, 2010 in Hanover ) was a geologist and manager . From 1972 to 1988 he was CEO of Preussag AG in Hanover.

Life

Günther Saßmannshausen studied geology at the University of Tübingen and RWTH Aachen University and earned a living in the meantime, among other things, through his work underground.

Act

Immediately after graduating in 1955, he began working as a deposit geologist at the state-owned Prussian Mining and Hütten-AG (Preussag). In 1960 he became director for the oil and gas business, eight years later a member of the board and in 1972 he was chairman of the board. He continued the privatization of the company and trimmed the group for profitability. In 1988 he left at his own request. In 1989 he took over the management of the Federal Railways Government Commission for the privatization of the Deutsche Bundesbahn , became first chairman of the new supervisory board and later honorary chairman. He remained connected to Preussag on the supervisory board until 2002, where he accompanied the conversion to the TUI travel company. He was also a member of the supervisory board and shareholder of Heraeus Holding GmbH . Saßmannshausen was temporarily chairman of the supervisory board of Salzgitter AG and a member of the supervisory board of several companies, including Deutsche Shell , Continental , Vereinigte Aluminum-Werke , Volkswagen AG (1987–2001) and Ruhrgas and KfW . He was chairman of the metal trade association, the WEG and on the board of the BDI .

Varia

In Hanover, Saßmannshausen was involved in the Lower Saxony Foundation and in the Friends of Hanover .

Saßmannshausen was married and had four children.

Awards

Fonts

  • Mining and raw materials, key to progress: Perspectives of the raw material supply of the Federal Republic of Germany after the energy crisis 1973/74 . Glückauf, Essen 1975, ISBN 3-7739-0155-0
  • as editor: Heinz Dürr - approaching a curious entrepreneur . Campus, Frankfurt 2003, ISBN 3-593-37315-7

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Five obituaries ,. In: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung , November 26, 2010, p. 27
  2. ↑ a b c d Stefan Winter: With care and a lot of energy. Günther Saßmannshausen died at the age of 80 . In: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung , November 26, 2010, p. 13
  3. ↑ Ex-Preussag boss Saßmannshausen died at the age of 80. In: haz.de. Retrieved October 3, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Volkswagen AG Annual Report 2001 ( Memento from December 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 1.60 MB) p. 5
  5. ↑ Günther Saßmannshausen . Website of the State of Lower Saxony, accessed on November 27, 2010
  6. ↑ Georg Agricola commemorative coin. In: gdmb.de. Retrieved October 1, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Ex-Preussag boss Saßmannshausen died at the age of 80 . In: GDMB Society for Mining, Metallurgy, Raw Material and Environmental Technology e. V. (Ed.): World of Metallurgy - Erzmetall . Vol. 64, No. 4 , July 2011, ISSN  1613-2394 , p. 245 .
  8. ^ Prizes and awards for Clausthal researchers ( Memento from January 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on November 27, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Saßmannshausen, Günther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geologist and manager
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Weidenau
DATE OF DEATH November 21, 2010
Place of death Hanover