Jean Raebel

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Jean Raebel (born January 17, 1900 in Altdorf near Nuremberg ; † August 3, 1985 in Friedrichshafen ) was a member of the management of Maybach-Motorenbau from 1936 to 1967 and was its chairman from 1953. In this role, Jean Raebel played a key role in the company's successful development.

Life

After an apprenticeship in a law firm, Raebel worked as a clerk at Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg AG (MAN) in Augsburg from 1915 . His first meeting with Karl Maybach took place in the 1920s at Waggon- und Maschinenbau AG (WUMAG) , Görlitz , to which he moved in 1920 and rose to the position of sales manager. At that time, WUMAG also purchased Maybach diesel engines for rail vehicles , for example for the Flying Hamburger, which was in the development phase .

Jean Raebel came to Maybach-Motorenbau GmbH in 1930 as a sales representative , became sales manager in 1931 and commercial director in 1935. He quickly gained Karl Maybach's trust and in 1936 was promoted to managing director of the commercial division.

At the end of the 1940s and the beginning of the 1950s, the business with diesel engines for ships and rail vehicles gradually picked up again after the war and the Federal Railroad was soon the most important customer. But the Karl Maybachs company, which was already over 70 years old at the time, with its commercial director Jean Raebel, made losses and needed new capital after the entrepreneur had bought its stake from the municipal Zeppelin Foundation in 1952 . Jean Raebel realized that the company needed a partner in order to survive in the long term. He found this partner in Daimler-Benz AG , which was also looking for a partner for large engine construction. In this situation, Raebel managed to thread a deal in which the industrialist Friedrich Flick took over half and later the majority of Maybach in 1952. From Flick, Maybach finally came to Daimler-Benz AG at 50 percent in 1960 and was later taken over entirely.

After Karl Maybach left Maybach-Motorenbau GmbH for reasons of age on December 19, 1952 , Jean Raebel took over the chairmanship of the management on January 1, 1953 . He held this position until December 31, 1967 and then switched to the supervisory board of the then Maybach Mercedes-Benz Motorenbau GmbH . After the founding of MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH in 1969 , the successor company to Maybach Mercedes-Benz Motorenbau GmbH, Raebel retained his supervisory board mandate until June 1984.

Honors

Namesake

The headquarters of MTU Friedrichshafen is named after Jean Raebel . There is also a foundation under this name that is committed to promoting further education even without a degree.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michaela Häffner: Post-war period in southern Württemberg. Munich 1999, ISBN 3-486-56457-9 , p. 69
  2. ↑ Kim Christian Priemel: Flick: a corporate history from the German Empire to the Federal Republic. Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 3-8353-0219-1 , p. 720

literature

  • Michaela Häffner: Post-war period in southern Württemberg: the city of Friedrichshafen and the district of Tettnang in the forties and fifties . Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-486-56457-9 .
  • Astrid Gehrig: National Socialist armaments policy and entrepreneurial decision-making freedom . Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 1966, ISBN 3-486-56255-X .

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personal data
SURNAME Raebel, Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engine designer
DATE OF BIRTH 17th January 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Altdorf near Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH 3rd August 1985
Place of death Friedrichshafen