Jochen Holzer
Jochen Holzer (born October 6, 1934 in Munich - † February 13, 2019 ) was a German industrial manager who was Chairman of the Board of Management of Bayernwerk and, after the merger of Bayernwerk with VIAG, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of both VIAG and Bayernwerk AG.
Life
After graduating from high school, Jochen Holzer completed an apprenticeship at Siemens as an industrial clerk ( parent company apprenticeship ) and then studied economics at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg . He received his doctorate as Dr. rer. pole. with a thesis on electrification in developing countries. After completing his doctorate, Holzer worked in the Federal Ministry of Economics from 1961 , where he went through various stations: first he began there as an "assistant consultant" in a department whose head was then Ludwig Erhard . Between 1966 and 1968 he was “personal assistant” to State Secretaries Fritz Neef and Klaus von Dohnanyi . Later he was head of unit for energy policy and from 1970 head of unit for aerospace.
From 1971 he was head of the main finance department at Bayernwerk AG. From 1990 to 1993 he was CEO of Bayernwerk AG. In the 1990s, he convinced the Bavarian government to privatize Bayernwerk and merge it with the industrial holding company VIAG. Holzer became spokesman for the supervisory board; In 1998 he resigned from almost all offices. Until 2003 he was a member of the E.ON Supervisory Board.
From 1998 to 2001 he was chairman of the university council at the Technical University of Munich, where he played a key role in founding the TUM School of Management (Faculty of Economics) and in implementing several pioneering reform measures (including structural reform of the Weihenstephan Life Science Campus, Digitization of administrative processes, performance-related allocation of funds).
honors and awards
- Bavarian Order of Merit
- Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1989)
- Great badge of honor for services to the Republic of Austria
- State medal for special services to the Bavarian economy
- Honorary Senator of the Technical University of Munich (1997)
- Honorary citizen of the municipality of Wackersdorf
Fonts
- Electrification in developing countries , Erlangen 1961 (dissertation)
- Wackersdorf Evangelical Academy Tutzing 1986
- Nuclear energy in Europe , Bonn: INFORUM, publishing and management company 1992
literature
- Dietmar Student: What is actually ... Jochen Holzer? - Bavaria's Energie-Eminenz maintains good relationships , in: Manager-Magazin 10/2014 online
Web links
- Literature by and about Jochen Holzer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Jochen Holzer in the Munzinger archive , accessed on February 16, 2019 ( beginning of article freely accessible)
- Interview with Holzer in Spiegel 1995
- Page at Energieverbrauch.de about Holzer
- Website of the Technical University of Munich about the award of the Karl Max von Bauernfeind Medal by the Technical University of Munich
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary notice Jochen Holzer , FAZ , February 16, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Holzer, Jochen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German industrial manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 6, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 13, 2019 |