Hans-Peter Wild

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Hans-Peter Wild (born June 16, 1941 in Heidelberg ) is a Swiss entrepreneur and lawyer. Until 2014 he held the majority in Wild Flavors GmbH, based in Zug, and was chairman of the company. Wild is one of the 150 richest people in Switzerland (as of 2012) with an estimated fortune of 1.25 billion Swiss francs .

Hans-Peter Wild

Life

Hans-Peter Wild, son of Rudolf Wild and Leonie Wild , was born in Heidelberg in 1941.

He passed his legal traineeship in Heidelberg with distinction.

In Mannheim he studied business administration with a focus on tax law and auditing, as well as graduating with a degree in business administration. He earned his doctorate at the Law Faculty of the University of Mannheim on the dominant company under French law to Dr. iur.

After completing his training, Wild worked for the Diersch & Schröder group of companies and was responsible for the mineral oil, chemical and shipping company divisions as managing director for four years.

Wild is the owner of the two Salzburg luxury hotels Goldener Hirsch and Mönchstein Castle .

In 2017, he was 800th on Forbes' list of the richest people in the world with a fortune of around 2.6 billion euros .

Worked in the Wild company

He joined his parents' company Wild in 1974. Hans-Peter Wild continuously drove the international expansion of the company and in particular the Capri-Sonne brand, and made the originally German company into a global group. In preparation for possible access to the capital markets, in 2010 Hans-Peter Wild sold shares in Rudolf Wild GmbH & Co. KG to the financial investor Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. With effect from the end of 2014, Wild and KKR sold the Swiss parent company Wild Flavors GmbH and the in Nauen based manufacturer of fruit preparations WILD Dairy Ingredients GmbH to the US group Archer Daniels Midland .

Hans-Peter Wild is still the owner of all companies operating under the Capri-Sonne and Capri-Sun brands worldwide and the sole owner of INDAG GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG - Wild’s technology subsidiary. He holds stakes in numerous other companies.

engagement

Social and culture

Hans-Peter Wild is President of the “Leonie Wild Foundation”, which he set up in 1997 together with his mother. In Eppelheim and the Rhine-Neckar region in particular, the foundation supports needy citizens as well as social and cultural projects. In 2016, Hans-Peter Wild donated $ 16.5 million to the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation in gratitude for the efforts of the American military during World War II and in recognition of the liberation of the Germans from the Nazis.

Sport / rugby

In 2007 he founded the WILD Rugby Academy to promote German rugby sport . He is also a patron of the Heidelberg RK and initiator of a national rugby training center under the direction of the former professional player Robert Mohr . In 2017 he wanted to buy the Paris rugby club Stade Francais .

Fonts

  • The dominant company in French law , dissertation, Mannheim 1969
  • Capri Sun. The fascination of a global brand , Frankfurt am Main 2001 ISBN 3-89843-036-7

Awards

Hans-Peter Wild has been an honorary senator of the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg since 1996 . In 2004 he was awarded the Bavarian Beer Order. In June 2006 the city of Eppelheim granted him honorary citizenship for his entrepreneurial performance and his social commitment to the employees of Rudolf Wild GmbH & Co. KG and the social institutions in Eppelheim and the region .

literature

  • Christian Deutsch: world brand made in Eppelheim - portrait from 10 December 2003 of Hans-Peter Wild as honorary senator of Heidelberg University
  • Martin Bernhard: Globalization in the Palatinate style , Die Welt , April 22, 2006
  • Karsten Langer: Mr. Capri-Sonne , Manager Magazin, July 22, 2004

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bilanz Online , the Swiss business magazine on the Internet "The Lexicon of Swiss Wealth: The Ranking List According to Wealth", as of: 2012 ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / tools.bilanz.ch
  2. ↑ orf.at - billionaire buys “golden deer” . Article dated August 19, 2016, accessed September 5, 2018.
  3. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung No. 121, 27./28. May 2017, p. 24.
  4. ↑ Capri Sun innovator gives $ 16 million to Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation The Washington Post , January 7, 2016 article, accessed September 26, 2018.
  5. ↑ Rainer Seele: Wild on rugby The billionaire and the egg . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . June 30, 2015, ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed October 1, 2015]).
  6. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung No. 121, 27./28. May 2017, p. 24.
personal data
SURNAME Wild, Hans-Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidelberg