Max Herz (entrepreneur)
Max Herz , pillow stone (left), family grave, Ohlsdorf cemetery
Max Kurt Fritz Herz (born July 3, 1905 in Hamburg ; † May 12, 1965 there ) was a German businessman and entrepreneur. Together with Carl Tchilling-Hiryan , he founded a coffee shipping company in post-war Germany in 1949, today's Tchibo Group.
In 1939 he married the almost 20-year-old Ingeburg König . With her he had five children, Günter , Joachim , Michael , Wolfgang and Daniela.
Max Herz died in his hometown in 1965 at the age of 59. He was buried there in the Ohlsdorf cemetery. Ingeburg Herz founded the Max and Ingeburg Herz Foundation from the estate , which in particular supports facilities for the medical treatment and care of the elderly, but is also active in awarding scholarships to German students, for example.
literature
- Claus Gossler: Heart, Max . In: Franklin Kopitzsch, Dirk Brietzke (Hrsg.): Hamburgische Biographie . tape 5 . Wallstein, Göttingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-8353-0640-0 , p. 184-186 .
Web links
- Article in Wirtschaftswoche 2009 about Max Herz and Tchibo
- The Tchibo story - ZDFzeit from October 4, 2016 Video from ZDFmediathek
Individual evidence
- ^ Knerger.de: The grave of Max Kurt Fritz Herz
- ↑ For example, the Max Herz House for people with dementia, built in 2004 as a federal model project : day care, autonomous living community, inpatient care group ( Domus principle ), apartments for sick people with their relatives under one roof.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heart, max |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heart, Max Kurt Fritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd July 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 12, 1965 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |