Horst Paulmann Kemna
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Horst Paulmann Kemna (born January 23, 1935 in Kassel , Hessen ) is a German-Chilean entrepreneur . He is the managing director of Cencosud , a retail company in South America .
biography
After the Second World War , Paulmann Kemna's father, Karl Werner Paulmann, first emigrated to Argentina in 1946 because he wanted to leave Germany as a former NSDAP member and Obersturmbannführer of the SS . From 1942 he had been the chief judge and head of the central office of the courts of the SS and the police in Kassel, responsible for cases of corruption in the SS. After Paulmann's mother and her seven children followed to Argentina in 1948, this part of the family emigrated to Chile . In 1960 the daughter, who had returned to Germany, informed the German judicial authorities upon request that her father had died in Santiago de Chile in 1958 .
At the age of 13, Paulmann worked as a telephone operator in Buenos Aires . Later he made wooden toys. After the family left Argentina, they settled in Temuco and in 1952 acquired the Las Brisas restaurant, which was later converted into a supermarket. After the death of their father, Horst and his brother Jürgen Paulmann set up several supermarkets. In 1976, the two brothers separated on business. While Jürgen Paulmann expanded the Las Brisas stores into a supermarket chain, Horst Paulmann founded the Jumbo brand supermarkets. Horst Paulmann Kemna has been with Cencosud since 1976. By 2011, 43 supermarkets had been opened in Argentina , Brazil , Peru and Colombia under his management . According to the March 2011 edition of Forbes Magazine , Paulmann Kemna is the second richest person in Chile and 75th worldwide with an estimated net worth of 10.5 billion US dollars.
Paulmann Kemna lives in Santiago, is married and has three children who are members of the board of directors of Cencosud. His brother, Rüdiger Paulmann , is the founder of Paulmann Licht GmbH , his brother Jürgen Paulmann was the founder of Sky Airline .
Gran Torre Santiago
In 2014, Paulmann's 300 meter high Gran Torre Santiago building was completed and opened in the central Providencia district of Santiago. Since 2015, visitors have been able to visit the Sky Costanera viewing platform. The building planned by the architect César Pelli and the Chilean firm Alemparte, Barreda y Asociados is part of the Costanera Center complex .
Awards and honors
- Entrepreneur of the year Diario Financiero (2012)
- World Entrepreneur of The Year 2012 awarded by Ernst & Young (2012)
- Premio Konex , Empresarios del Comercio y de los Servicios (2008)
- Socio del Año, Cámara Chileno-Alemana de Comercio e Industria (2007)
- Premio Extensión Universitaria, Universidad Mayor (2006)
- Honorary Chilean Citizenship (2005)
- Premio ICARE, Entrepreneur of the Year (2005)
- Premio ASA Salvador D'Anna as the best retail entrepreneur - Argentina (2005)
- Awarded the Order de Mayo with the rank of Commander - Argentina (2004)
- Premio Diego Portales, Excellent Entrepreneur (2004)
criticism
Paulmann Kemna is under criticism for alleged connections to the German sect settlement and torture site Colonia Dignidad . He is also said to have been an admirer of the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet . An event planned for the Kassel Lions Club in February 2012 , at which Paulmann Kemna was to give a guest speech, was canceled at short notice due to numerous protests against Paulmann Kemna.
Web links
- The Tower of Santiago faz.net, December 28, 2013
Footnotes
- ↑ a b c Forbes biography
- ↑ Harvard biography ( Memento of the original from March 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Financial Times
- ↑ Stock Exchange Summary for CENCOSUD ( Memento of the original dated June 7, 2004 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.
- ↑ Jay P. Pederson, International Directory of Company Histories , St James Press , 2005, p. 672
- ↑ The Tower of Santiago in FAZ of December 28, 2013, page 9
- ^ Anne Grüttner: The model German. In: Handelsblatt. April 18, 2006, accessed on March 25, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Horst Paulmann: "En Alemania revisabamos los Tarros de la basura de los americanos para comer ... .
- ^ Horst Paulmann elegido Empresario del Ano por los lectores de Diario Financiero .
- ↑ World Entrepreneur Of the Year . Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. 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. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
- ↑ a b c Horst Paulmann Kemma .
- ↑ Horst Paulmann recibe reconocimiento de la U. Mayor .
- ↑ Comision aprueba nacionalidad por gracia a Horst Paulmann .
- ^ Premio Icare: El dia de Carozzi, Paulmann y J. Claro .
- ^ CNC distinguira a Presidente Lagos con Premio "Diego Portales" .
- ↑ The man who wanted to build a memorial to Pinochet ( memento of February 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), Süddeutsche Zeitung , February 24, 2012
- ↑ The controversial Mr. Paulmann, taz, February 24, 2012 ( Memento of the original of February 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Lions Club cancels speech, Süddeutsche Zeitung, February 26, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Paulmann Kemna, Horst |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Paulmann, Horst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Chilean entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | kassel |