Kurt von Gleichen-Sootworm
Kurt von Gleichen-Russwurm (* 18th November 1915 in Berlin , † 5. September 2006 in Frankfurt ; even short form: Kurt of equals , even Kurt Heinrich Freiherr von Gleichen called by Rußwurm ) was a German journalist , advertising consultant and recruiter .
Live and act
Kurt von Gleichen-Rußwurm comes from an old Thuringian noble family that had its family seat in Tannroda / Ilm. He is the son of Heinrich von Gleichen-Rußwurm , the Berlin publicist and founder of the German Men's Club in Berlin, and the painter Helene Kutsche. After graduating from high school at Berlin's Grunewald-Gymnasium, he trained in agriculture to qualify for taking over family-owned goods. However, after a dispute with his father, he decided to pursue a military career as an officer. He was seriously wounded several times during World War II and was taken prisoner by the British in 1945.
After his return from England he became a journalist for the Wiesbadener Kurier . In 1949 he moved to the Neue Zeitung and in 1953 to television. In 1954 he became editor-in-chief of the first regional service, the Hessenspiegel . In the same year he married Anne Baroness Porcelli di St. Andrea. The marriage had three children: Christoph (1956), Philip (1957) and Luise (1959) von Gleichen. In 1959 he founded an advertising company that invented Alfred Dregger's motto “We're coming”. In 1975 he founded Freiherr von Gleichen Personalberatung GmbH and from then on worked mainly as a personnel consultant.
In the 1980s, he had a widely read column in the view through the economy of the FAZ , where he typical issues on the composition treated by managers. In addition to his professional activities, Kurt von Gleichen-Rußwurm has become known nationwide as the founder and organizer of the Hessian Circle . He was also President of the Marketing Club Frankfurt, founder and organizer of the Marketing Round Table , and host of the Frankfurt Fireside Chats .
Services
Kurt von Gleichen-Rußwurm is best known as the founder of the Hessian Circle , a politically and denominationally independent discussion group for politics, economy and culture. It was founded in the early 1960s as a loose group of young, socially committed people. The members took turns meeting in their private apartments. They included Johann Philipp von Bethmann , Walther Leisler Kiep , Christian Schwarz-Schilling , Dieter Fertsch-Röver , Heinz Riesenhuber , Jürgen Heraeus . The circle soon became a social meeting point for an open, critical exchange of views with leading people of national and international importance. Speakers included Bill Gates , the Dalai Lama, Henry Kissinger , Christo , Ronald Reagan , Edward Heath , Helmut Kohl , Franz Josef Strauss , Marcel Reich-Ranicki , Günter Grass , Gerhard Schröder , Philip Rosenthal and August Oetker .
Von Gleichen made it important to have a mixed audience. He made sure that in addition to the usual representatives of society, young people, students, trade unionists, the military, the church and NGOs also took part in the meetings. Von Equen's style of conducting discussions, which gave the speakers little leeway for evasive answers, was just as well known as feared. Kurt von Gleichen received the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class on April 13, 2000 for his services to the Hessian District.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hessian Circle. Welcome. In: Website of the Hessian Circle. Retrieved March 16, 2016 .
swell
- Working lunch. In: Look through the economy. July 21, 1986.
- Order for the lively Hesse old man. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. April 14, 2000.
- From Gleichen-Sootworm 90 years old. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. November 18, 2005.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Same-sootworm, Kurt von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gleichen-Rußwurm, Kurt Heirich Freiherr von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist, advertising consultant, personnel consultant |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 5, 2006 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |