Georg Franz Heinrich Stockmann
Georg Franz Heinrich Stockmann (* 14. January 1825 in Ritzerau ; † 6. January 1906 in Kreuznach ) was in Germany born and in Helsinki working businessman . He is the founder of the Finnish department store chain Stockmann .
Stockmann was born in 1825 in Ritzerau near Lübeck , where his father Joachim Franz Hermann Stockmann worked as a forester. Stockmann began his professional career as a businessman . At the beginning of his career he initially planned to emigrate to America, but received an offer from Finland. Stockmann arrived in Finland in 1852 as an accountant and treasurer of the Nuutajärvi glass factory .
When he set up his glass factory in southern Finland, Stockmann became a retailer. His business had his name right from the start, on February 1, 1862 he had the name legally protected and founded a company. Soon he expanded the product range from glassware and cotton products to containers, tools and consumer goods of all kinds. Sales were started abroad and operations expanded from retail to wholesale. Despite the difficult economic times, Stockmann was already the largest trading company in Helsinki in the early 1870s.
Stockmann took Finnish citizenship in 1860 and received civil rights a year later. In the same year, he moved the company's headquarters to Senate Square for reasons of space . The department store had large shop windows and shopping facilities for separate checkouts. In the 1890s the main business was expanded again. In 1902 Stockmann founded his company as a stock corporation , whose chairman was Karl Stockmann, his eldest son.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Stockmann, Georg Franz Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Finnish businessman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1825 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ritzerau |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 1906 |
| Place of death | Kreuznach |