Jochen Holy

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Jochen Bernd Holy (born December 29, 1941 in Stuttgart ; † August 25, 2020 in Bad Wiessee ) was a German entrepreneur in the textile industry.

Life

Jochen Holy was born in 1941 as the grandson of Hugo Boss , the founder of the clothing manufacturer of the same name . As the son of the company heir and son-in-law of Hugo Boss, Eugen Holy, his training was geared towards the goal of taking over the management of his father's company together with his older brother Uwe Holy . So he began to study economics , while his brother took up business studies.

Jochen Holy’s professional career is closely linked to that of his brother and largely coincides with the same. When they joined the family business in 1969, their careers began for both of them. In the following years they rebuilt the company profoundly and successfully placed it in the luxury segment, sales also multiplied under their leadership. The Holy Brothers formed the company into a competitive company of international standing. The areas of responsibility within the company management were clearly divided among the brothers: Jochen was responsible for the areas of collection, marketing and advertising, the remaining areas fell within Uwe's area of ​​responsibility. After losing their majority in the company with the sale of shares in 1989, they withdrew entirely from Hugo Boss AG in 1993.

During the final phase of their commitment to Hugo Boss AG, the Holy brothers founded the men's fashion brand Strellson in 1984 . Since retiring from the top management of Hugo Boss AG, the brothers' main entrepreneurial focus has been on Strellson AG, based in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland, and its subsidiary Windsor , which has been operating as the Holy Fashion Group since 2005 . Jochen Holy was a member of the Board of Directors until the end.

The Holy brothers are also active in real estate management. Holy GmbH & Co. KG , founded in 1995 and now trading as Holy AG , operates the Outletcity Metzingen .

Personal

Jochen Holy lived on Tegernsee and had three children. According to an estimate by manager magazin in 2012, the Holy brothers are among the 200 richest Germans. Jochen Holy died at the age of 78 on August 25, 2020 at his place of residence on Lake Tegernsee.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jochen Holy has died. In: gea.de, August 27, 2020.
  2. ↑ a b c Uwe Holy in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of the article freely available ), accessed on April 1, 2014
  3. ↑ Company information: Strellson at www.sueddeutsche.de, May 11, 2010, accessed on June 26, 2014: "Strellson is also involved in Windsor ...". Archive ( Memento from June 26, 2014 on WebCite ).
  4. ↑ Holy AG website , accessed on April 1, 2014
  5. ↑ Peter Paul Polte: What are the Holy Brothers actually doing? ( Memento from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), Textilwirtschaft from June 1, 2000, accessed on April 1, 2014
  6. ↑ Fashion entrepreneur and ex-Hugo Boss vice Jochen Holy is dead. In: sueddeutsche.de , August 27, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Holy, Jochen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Holy, Jochen Bernd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German textile entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH August 25, 2020
Place of death Tegernsee