Heinz Greiffenberger
Heinz Greiffenberger (born November 24, 1937 in Königsberg ) is a German entrepreneur.
Life
Greiffenberger was a refugee child and left school at the age of 14 to learn radio and television technicians in his father's company in Hamburg . He later worked at the port of Hamburg and earned the money for his dream of staying in Japan .
Entrepreneurial activity
In the early 1960s he went to Yokohama by ship in third class and stayed there for half a year. There he made his first connections to the Japanese electronics industry . After his return to Germany, this resulted in a sales company with a Hamburg entrepreneur, in which Greiffenberger had a minority stake. In the following years, as managing partner , he built up sales for the products of the Japanese consumer electronics group Matsushita and the Danish company Bang & Olufsen for the German market. Neither company was previously represented on the German market.
From 1971 , Heinz Greiffenberger headed Rosenthal Technik AG ( Rosenthal AG 75%, AEG 25%), one of the leading manufacturers on the world market for technical ceramics, for 11 years as the spokesman for the board . However, he preferred to be self-employed and founded his own company in 1981 by first acquiring and restructuring two ailing companies . Heinz Greiffenberger became known mainly because he managed to bring these two companies in need of restructuring with a total of around 1,000 employees to profitability in a very short time . He started with only 350,000 DM equity to the JN Eberle & Cie. GmbH , one of the oldest industrial companies in Augsburg . Other companies were later bought. In 1986 the group finally went public . Greifenberger led the holding of the resulting group GREIFFENBERGER AG as a major shareholder and sole director until 25. June 2003 and then moved to the Supervisory Board chair . His eldest son, Stefan Greiffenberger , was initially succeeded as a member of the Management Board, but from 2015 he was no longer available for this post for health reasons.
Political activity
In addition, Greiffenberger mainly dealt with questions of regulatory policy. He was a member of the Federal Government's Deregulation Commission , which existed from 1988 to 1990 . This submitted to the federal government proposals for a market economy, which to a large extent became cabinet resolutions. He was also a member of an independent expert commission of the federal government for the acceleration of investment approval procedures, which submitted its report in November 1994 (so-called "arbitration commission" ). In addition, Heinz Greiffenberger was a member of the Federal Government's Monopoly Commission from July 1996 to June 2000 .
In addition to these government commissions, Heinz Greiffenberger was a member of the “ Social Market Economy ” reform commission from 1997 to 1999 , which the three foundations Ludwig Erhard , Heinz Nixdorf and Bertelsmann had set up to propose reform approaches in the market economy sense. The papers that have received political attention include proposals to revise the financial constitution and to reform pensions .
Memberships
Heinz Greiffenberger is active in the following bodies :
- Chairman of the supervisory board: Greiffenberger AG
- Board of Directors: vbw Association of Bavarian Economy and vbm / BayME Bayerischer Unternehmensverband Metall und Elektro eV, Munich (regional chairman Upper Franconia East)
- Board of Directors: Leopold Mozart-Kuratorium e. V., Augsburg
- Board of Directors: Science Center Schloss Thurnau e. V.
- Board of Directors: Friedrich August von Hayek Foundation, Freiburg im Breisgau
- Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Webasto AG Fahrzeugtechnik, Stockdorf
- Member of the Supervisory Board: BayBG Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft , Munich
- Advisory Board: IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG, Düsseldorf; E.ON Bayern AG, Regensburg
- Shareholder: TV Oberfranken GmbH & Co. KG, Hof
- Vice President: Oberfranken Offensiv e. V.
- Chairman of the Board of Trustees: BF / M Business Research Center for Issues of Medium-Sized Enterprises V. at the University of Bayreuth
- Chairman of the Board of Trustees: Bayreuth International Management Foundation at the University of Bayreuth
- Member of the Board of Trustees: Gräflich Giech'sche Spitalstiftung, Thurnau
Cultural engagement
Heinz Greiffenberger is also culturally involved in a variety of ways. In 1999 the Upper Franconian Innovation Prize donated by Greiffenberger was awarded for the first time . In 2005 he received awards for his commitment to the Kathanhaus , a historic building in Augsburg, which he bought and renovated. He was awarded the State Medal for Monument Protection of the Bavarian State Government , first prizes from the Hypokulturstiftung and the Swabian District, and the Friedrich Prince Fund (Augsburg Facade Prize).
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Greiffenberger, Heinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koenigsberg |