Johanna Quandt Foundation
The Johanna Quandt Foundation is a Hessian organization based in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe . It was founded in 1995 by Johanna Quandt , one of the richest women in Germany , and, according to her own statements, advocates “promoting an understanding of the market economy and the importance of private entrepreneurship as a vehicle for economic development in the public and the media . "
It awards the Herbert Quandt Media Prize, which has existed since 1986, annually to " journalists and publicists who deal with the role of entrepreneurs and companies in the market economy in outstanding and easily understandable articles ." The prize is endowed with a total of 50,000 euros.
Board of Directors and Board of Trustees
The directors of the Johanna Quandt Foundation are Jörg Appelhans and Johannes Fritz. Johanna Quandt was a member of the board of trustees as chairwoman until her death . The other members of the board of trustees are Stefan Quandt as deputy chairman and Stephan-Andreas Casdorff , Horst von Buttlar and Michaela Kolster .
The former editor-in-chief of the news magazine Der Spiegel, Mathias Müller von Blumencron, was a member of the board of trustees of the Johanna Quandt Foundation until he resigned from office in April 2008, as did Gabriele Fischer and Christoph Keese in response to the NDR documentary Das Schweigen der Quandts .
Individual evidence
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- ^ Paul Katzenberger: Quandt Prize: jurors step down ; Süddeutsche Zeitung, July 25, 2008
