Gerhard Kienbaum

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Gerhard Kienbaum (born October 12, 1919 in Barmen (today in Wuppertal ), † February 24, 1998 in Cologne ) was the founder of the management consultancy named after him . He was also active in politics at local, state and federal levels ( FDP , CDU ).

Early years

Gerhard Kienbaum grew up in Gummersbach . After graduating from high school, he was drafted into the Reich Labor Service . Since October 1938 he did service in the Navy and was a cadet on September 1, 1939 on the ship of the line Schleswig-Holstein , when it opened the Second World War with shots on the Polish Westerplatte near Danzig . In October 1939 he began his engineering studies at the Technical University of Danzig , after which he became an assistant at the chair for machine tool construction and business administration. He later moved back to Gummersbach and took an engineering position in a paper mill.

The historian Hans-Ulrich Wehler was a cousin of Kienbaum.

Kienbaum as an entrepreneur

On October 15, 1945 Gerhard Kienbaum founded the consulting firm at the age of 26 years Kienbaum . In the beginning, he advised medium-sized companies in the Oberbergisches Land on technical and commercial problems.

By expanding into a group of companies for planning, consulting and management in all areas of business, transport and agriculture, as well as integrated regional development, the Kienbaum company achieved a top position in Germany within ten years. Gerhard Kienbaum headed the Kienbaum & Partner group of companies until 1988 and remained a partner and chairman of the company's advisory board until 1992. His son Jochen Kienbaum became his successor at the top of the company .

Gerd Kienbaum was also a member of the supervisory board of Kali und Salz AG and from 1975 to 1986 was a member of the presidium and board of directors of the German Association for the Protection of Securities .

In addition, Gerhard Kienbaum founded the consulting company InterFinanz with Carl Zimmerer , Willy Rasche and Walter Scheel in 1958 , which later became one of the most important mergers and acquisitions consulting firms in German-speaking countries.

From 1967 to 1972 Kienbaum was a member of the board of directors of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation . He suggested the construction of the Theodor Heuss Academy as an educational facility for the foundation in Gummersbach, which was built from 1965 to 1967.

Kienbaum as a politician

Since 1948 a member of the FDP , Kienbaum was from 1952 to 1969 a member of the district council in the Oberbergischer Kreis and between 1954 and 1969 a member of the North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament in Düsseldorf . From July 1962 to December 1966 he was Minister for Economy, Medium-Sized Enterprises and Transport in the CDU- led state government under Prime Minister Franz Meyers . After leaving the cabinet, he was a member of the German Bundestag from 1969 to 1972, where he was chairman of the Economic Committee. After leaving the FDP in the wake of the failed vote of no confidence in Chancellor Willy Brandt , he joined the CDU in 1975.

Gerhard and Lore Kienbaum Foundation

Together with his wife Lore Kienbaum, he founded the "Gerhard and Lore Kienbaum Foundation" in 1994. The foundation is dedicated to promoting Germany as a business location and takes on economic and social issues of the future, with a strong focus on education and the next generation. As chairman of the board of trustees, Jochen Kienbaum is committed to the foundation established by his father. It organizes congresses and publishes books on the topics of globalization, internationalization and medium-sized companies.

Honors

Fonts

  • In the beginning there was the advice , Ullstein Verlag, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-550-06901-4 .

Printed sources and literature

  • The cabinet minutes of the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia 1966 to 1970 (sixth electoral period) (= publications of the state archive of North Rhine-Westphalia , 8), ed. by Christoph Nonn , Wilfried Reininghaus and Wolf-Rüdiger Schleidgen, included. u. edit by Andreas Pilger, Siegburg 2006, ISBN 3-87710-361-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b In the beginning was the council .
  2. ↑ Interview in Weltwoche on September 17, 2008.
  3. ↑ Merit holders since 1986. State Chancellery of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, accessed on March 11, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Kienbaum, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur, business consultant and politician (FDP, CDU), Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Barmen
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 1998
Place of death Cologne