Jost Henkel
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Karl Jost Henkel (born July 27, 1909 in Düsseldorf ; † July 7, 1961 there ) was a German entrepreneur and grandson of Fritz Henkel . From 1938 until his death he headed the Henkel Group .
Life
After graduating from the Rethel-Gymnasium in Düsseldorf in 1928, Henkel completed a commercial apprenticeship in Bremen from 1928 to 1930. This was followed from 1930 to 1932 by studying economics at the universities of Bonn, Berlin and Hamburg, which he graduated with a diploma. From 1932 to 1934 he did his doctorate at the University of Cologne . At the same time, he worked in the Henkel company's field service from 1933 to 1934. This was followed by studies in the USA from 1934 to 1935 .
Jost Henkel joined the Düsseldorf Industry Club in 1938 . He was later appointed military economic leader in the National Socialist German Reich .
From 1938 he was appointed managing director of the company, together with Carl August Bagel and Werner Lüps, and on July 11, 1942, he was elected as the successor to the late Werner Lüps as "Operations Manager of the Henkel Works". In 1945 Jost Henkel was arrested by the Allies and returned to the company in November 1947 together with other family members. In December 1947 he was appointed full managing director
In 1950 he became the full managing director. In 1958 he called the Dr. Jost Henkel Foundation . From 1959 he took over the chairmanship of the supervisory board and became a member of the advisory board of Henkel & Cie GmbH .
From 1959 he was active in the Association of the Chemical Industry . There he took over board duties and was a member of the main committee and the executive committee.
Henkel played tennis in his youth. In 1937 he became chairman of the Düsseldorf Rochus Club . From 1949 to 1953 he was chairman of the Niederrhein tennis association, and from 1952 to 1958 president of the German Tennis Association .
Henkel died in 1961 at the age of 51 years at a pneumonia . After his death, his younger brother Konrad took over management of the Henkel Group.
Honors
In 1958, Henkel was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit for his services . The city of Berlin honored him as the first industrialist with the Berlin Liberty Bell for his services to the city.
See also
Literature and web links
- Jost Henkel in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
- CV Dr. Jost Henkel. Henkel Group, archived from the original on February 19, 2011 ; accessed on January 30, 2015 .
- Toralf Blitzer: The presidents of the German Tennis Association. From: Deutscher Tennis Bund (Ed.): Tennis in Germany. From the beginning until 2002. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-428-10846-9 . Pp. 288-292
- President from 1902 until today. German Tennis Association, accessed January 30, 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Volker Ackermann: Meeting place for the elites. The history of the Düsseldorf Industry Club . Ed .: Industrie-Club Düsseldorf eV Düsseldorf 2016, p. 119 ff .
- ↑ The Henkel Saga - A Life for Persil , a WDR documentary by Lothar Schröder, broadcast on October 10, 2003
- ↑ Chronicle 140 years of Henkel. P. 34ff. , accessed on May 21, 2019 .
- ↑ Chronicle 140 years of Henkel. P. 38 ff. , Accessed on May 21, 2019 .
- ↑ Der Spiegel (30/1961) of July 19, 1961 ( online )
Carl August von der Meden | Emil Bartels | Gerhard Weber | Wilhelm Schomburgk | Erich Schönborn | Richard Stephanus | Max steel | Jost Henkel | Franz Helmis | Fritz Kütemeyer | Eduard H. Dörrenberg | Walther Rosenthal | Claus Stauder | Karl Weber | Georg Freiherr von Waldenfels | Karl-Georg Altenburg | Ulrich Klaus
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Henkel, Jost |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Henkel, Karl Jost (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 7, 1961 |
| Place of death | Dusseldorf |