Klaus Grohe (entrepreneur)

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Klaus Grohe (born April 3, 1937 ) is a German entrepreneur .

Life and professional history

Klaus Grohe was born in 1937 as the youngest son of Hans Grohe in his third marriage to Emma Wolber. He attended boarding school and then studied economics and business administration. In 1968 he joined his father's company, Hansgrohe . At first he was responsible for the management of sales until he took over the management in 1975 and held this post until 2008. He then headed the Supervisory Board of Hansgrohe SE until 2015.

Klaus Grohe's three sons also worked in the family business: Richard Grohe (* 1965) as Deputy CEO, Philippe Grohe (* 1967) as manager of the AXOR brand and Pierre Nicolas Grohe (* 1975) as Global Key Account Manager. Richard Grohe has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Hansgrohe SE since 2018.

In 2001 the local council of Schiltach , seat of Hansgrohe SE, decided to make Klaus Grohe an honorary citizen .

In spring 2012, Klaus Grohe became a major shareholder of Solar-Fabrik in Freiburg with a little more than 10 percent of the shares and then a member of the supervisory board. According to Manager Magazin , he is one of the 500 richest Germans . In 2017, the Klaus Grohe family was 344th with assets of 500 million euros.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Grohmann: The clever Hans or the true fairy tale of Hans in luck. ( Memento of the original from October 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 2nd, expanded edition. Hansgrohe AG, Schiltach 2010, p. 72, accessed on September 17, 2017 (PDF; 6.0 MB). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hansgrohe.de
  2. ^ Sanitary contractor Klaus Grohe turns 75 . In: Schwäbisches Tagblatt , March 30, 2012, accessed on November 26, 2013.
  3. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hansgrohe.de
  4. ↑ Hansgrohe Group: Hansgrohe company history. Retrieved October 10, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Supervisory Board and Management Board hansgrohe-group.com, accessed on November 8, 2018.
  6. ↑ Grohe and Baumgartner honorary citizens . In: Schwäbische Zeitung September 19, 2001, accessed November 26, 2013.
  7. ↑ Supervisory Board Klaus Grohe ( Memento of the original dated December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. solar-fabrik.de, accessed on November 26, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.solar-fabrik.de
  8. ↑ Klaus Grohe becomes a major shareholder in Solar-Fabrik In: Badische Zeitung , February 29, 2012, accessed on November 26, 2013.
  9. ↑ NRWZ: Rottweil: They are the richest in the region. In: NRWZ.de. September 11, 2017, accessed on October 10, 2019 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Grohe, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1937