Hans Heß (entrepreneur)

Memorial stone , Wildspitzweg 12, in Berlin-Mariendorf

Hans Heß (born March 24, 1881 in Wengelsdorf , † March 6, 1957 in Wiesbaden ) was a German business leader.

Hans Hess was the son of an insurance broker from Leipzig . He went to high school and completed his law degree in 1909 with the promotion of Dr. jur. at the University of Leipzig . In 1933, Hess succeeded Kurt Schmitt at the helm of Allianz AG . Hans Hess maintained a very distant relationship with the National Socialists ; In contrast to other German managing directors, he was not a member of the NSDAP . Hans Hess concentrated on questions of microeconomics and thereby created an efficient and long-term sustainable structure for the group. His work thus laid the foundation for today's global Allianz. Hess headed the group until 1948. He was a member of the old Leipzig Landsmannschaft Afrania .

Web links

Commons : Hans Heß  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

literature

• Ludwig Arps:  Hess, Hans. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 6 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Biographical information about Hans Heß (English; PDF; 696 kB)
2. ↑ Historical considerations of the alliance from 1933 to 1945 ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 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.