Gernot Langes-Swarovski

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Gernot Langes-Swarovski (born October 13, 1943 in Wattens , Tyrol ) is an Austrian entrepreneur . The great-grandson of the company's founder Daniel Swarovski was managing partner of the Tyrolean group D. Swarovski for 35 years and is the largest single shareholder with 17%.

Careers at Swarovski

Gernot Langes-Swarovski joined the family company, which had existed since 1895, in the mid-1960s as a limited partner and managing director.

In 1974, when Swarovski had to struggle with a drastic drop in sales following the oil price shock in the wake of the general economic weakness, he took over the management of the family company with around two hundred family members together with Christian Schwemberger-Swarovski and the brothers Helmut and Gerhard Swarovski.

In 1978 he and Christian Schwemberger-Swarovski bought Aircraft Innsbruck , later Tyrolean Airways , which is now part of the Austrian Airlines Group . Today's Tyrolean Jet Services was spun off from this company and has been solely owned by Swarovski since 1988.

In 1979, the production of Swarovski crystal glass figures began .

In 1987, when he took over the thousands of retail outlets in the US jewelry chain Zale in partnership with the Canadian company Peoples Jewelery, he brought Swarovski into great economic difficulties. In 1991 the US subsidiary had to file for bankruptcy with a debt equivalent to EUR 1.1 billion. The resulting losses - allegedly around 150 million euros - burdened the consolidated balance sheets for many years.

In 1995 the Museum Kristallwelten was opened in Wattens .

In 2002 he handed over his functions in the group - sales and marketing - to his son Markus . At the time of his departure, the group had a turnover of 1.7 billion euros per year and around 14,000 employees worldwide.

He is one of six living bearers of the Ring des Landes Tirol (2007).

Other economic activities

Langes-Swarovski is particularly committed to viticulture and organic products .

  • The Bodega Norton winery in Argentina with an attached viticulture school.
  • Participation in a large wine distribution company in China .
  • Participation in the paper company PAP-Star in Spittal an der Drau in Carinthia.
  • Participation in Woolin Group Naturprodukte GmbH - a manufacturer of insulation materials made from sheep's wool in Innervillgraten in East Tyrol.
  • Participation in the manufacturer of inkjet inks "SEPIAX Ink Technology" based in Spittal an der Drau.
  • Participation in Vita + Naturprodukte AG in Langkampfen in Tyrol.
  • Ski lifts in the Reutte district in Tyrol ( Biberwier and Lermoos ).
  • The luxury resort hotel Sparkling Hill near Vernon (British Columbia) .
  • Participation in the high-tech startup Anyline.

Private

Gernot Langes is the son of Gertrude Langes († July 11, 2007), née Swarovski, who in turn was a daughter of Daniel Swarovski's son Alfred. Gernot Langes married Maya Langes-Swarovski , née Niedenthal from Alzenau / Ufr., († October 1, 2019), with whom he has son Markus and daughter Diana (* 1972) and from whom he divorced, and is called since then Gernot Langes-Swarovski. His niece is Fiona Swarovski , whose mother Marina Giori-Lhota is his sister.

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Swarovski: Now comes the fifth generation ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), WirtschaftsBlatt , November 22, 2000
  2. ↑ A family's worldwide glittering network ( Memento from November 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), WirtschaftsBlatt , December 2, 2003
  3. ↑ T-Online Portrait, source APA ( Memento from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Sparkling Hill Resort Offers Okanagan Oasis (article in English) ( September 7, 2010 memento in the Internet Archive ), 2009
  5. ↑ Evelin Past: Fresh capital for Austria's "most exciting start-up 2015". Wirtschaftsblatt, February 9, 2016, archived from the original on February 20, 2016 ; accessed on September 9, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Vanessa Voss: Start-up Anyline receives start-up help from home. Trend, February 19, 2016, accessed September 9, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Steve O'Hear: Anyline Raises € 1.5M To Let You Add Optical Character Recognition To Your App. TechCrunch, February 18, 2016, accessed September 9, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Maya Langes-Swarovski obituary from October 1, 2019 [1] tt.com from October 1, 2019
  9. ↑ Diana Langes-Swarovski speaks about her life in Tyrol , woman.at., July 6, 2010
  10. ↑ The Swarovskis: Austria's Most Discreet Family, a global company in Wattens , format.at, November 20, 2004
  11. ↑ Wolfgang Fürweger: The Swarovskis - The portrait of a dazzling dynasty; Wirtschaftsverlag Ueberreuter; ISBN 3800074036 ; P. 21 ff.
  12. ^ Christian Brandstätter: Daniel Swarovski - A world of beauty; ISBN 978-3-902510-12-9 ; P. 33 ff.
  13. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Langes-Swarovski, Gernot
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Wattens , Tyrol