Ingeburg heart

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Ingeburg Herz , née Ingeburg König , (born February 23, 1920 in Hamburg ; † September 30, 2015 there ) was a German entrepreneur and founder. In 2005, the wife of Tchibo founder Max Herz was one of the richest Germans with an estimated fortune of over five billion euros .

Life

Ingeburg König, who lives in Hamburg, married Max Herz in 1939; together they had five children: Günter Herz (* 1940), Joachim Herz (1941–2008), Michael Herz (* 1944), Wolfgang Herz and Daniela Herz-Schnoeckl .

After the company's founder died in 1965, the entire fortune fell to his wife and children, but the will did not clearly regulate the company's succession. There was an argument among the children. Günter Herz as the oldest took over the management of the Tchibo company, the mother and the other children held further shares.

Ingeburg Herz turned to charitable tasks and founded the Max and Ingeburg Herz Foundation , which primarily supports facilities for the medical treatment and care of the elderly, but is also active in other areas, for example in awarding scholarships to German students.

At the beginning of 2001, Günter Herz had to give up his chairmanship of the board of the former Tchibo Holding AG (today maxingvest ag ) because of ongoing family disputes . For months, the dispute also paralyzed the company and the intended takeover of a majority stake in the cosmetics group Beiersdorf AG . In August 2003, the family members signed a contract that from then on made mother Ingeburg Herz and the three brothers Michael, Wolfgang and Joachim the sole owners of the family company. Former boss Günter Herz and his sister Daniela were paid out with an estimated four billion euros.

Ingeburg Herz died on September 30, 2015 at the age of 95 in Hamburg.

Trivia

The asteroid (185164) Ingeburgherz was named in her honor.

Web links

  • Biography Ingeburg Herz In: whoswho.de
  • The Tchibo story. Germany's great clans. Video from the ZDFmediathek. In: zdf.de> Documentation> ZDFzeit> The Tchibo Story. Second German television, accessed on June 28, 2020 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry at firmenwissen.de as the founder of the foundation  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; accessed on October 7, 2015.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.firmenwissen.de  
  2. ↑ For example, the Max Herz House for people with dementia, built in 2004 as a federal model project : day care, autonomous living community, inpatient care group ( Domus principle ), apartments for sick people with their relatives under one roof.
  3. ↑ Hamburg entrepreneur: Tchibo co-founder Ingeburg Herz is dead. In: spiegel.de , Der Spiegel , October 6, 2015, accessed on October 7, 2015.
  4. ↑ Tchibo co-founder Ingeburg Herz has died. ( Memento from October 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) In: ndr.de , Norddeutscher Rundfunk , October 6, 2015, accessed on October 7, 2015.
  5. ↑ 185164 Ingeburgherz (2006 SL218). In: NASA . March 29, 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Heart, Ingeburg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES König, Ingeburg (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur and founder
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH September 30, 2015
Place of death Hamburg