Michael Höft (entrepreneur)

Michael Höft (born April 13, 1952 in Bremen ) is a German businessman and entrepreneur and, together with his former fellow student Rolf Wessel, co-founded the company Höft & Wessel (H & W), which was later traded on the German stock exchange .

Life

After finishing school, Michael Hoeft studied physics in Darmstadt at the city's Technical University before 1975 by Hannover at the former University went to study physics and mathematics. In the capital of Lower Saxony, he met his fellow student Rolf Wessel, who had started studying architecture in 1974. Only a few years later, the two went into business for themselves and founded their IT company Höft & Wessel in 1978 , which they converted into a GmbH in 1980, then into a stock corporation in 1998 and listed on the Neuer Markt at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in the same year .

Michael Höft and Rolf Wessel had expanded the IT and software company they founded, whose product portfolio includes ticket machines, electronic ticket printers, terminals for toll stations, parking machines and parking systems as well as mobile data collection devices, into an internationally operating company based in Hanover and Swindon near London . The company founders, who expanded their field of activity beyond Europe to the USA , later took over seats on the supervisory board of their former start-up company .

Honors

In 1999 the Board of Trustees wanted to award the Karmarsch Memorial Medal - in contrast to the practices and considerations of previous years - specifically to honor "young, innovative and successful entrepreneurs from the Hanover region ". After a unanimous decision, the double honors on the respective certificate for the medal award ceremony on November 3, 1999 said:

"... for his exemplary achievements as an innovative company founder."

Publications

Bernhard Peschke (arr.): Speer plan. Regional- und -Stadtplaner-GmbH , created on behalf of Stadtwerke Speyer von Speerplan, Regional- u.-Stadter-GmbH , graphics: Marc glasses, Enrico Schichan; IT work: Michael Höft, Rolf Wessel, Frankfurt am Main: Speerplan, 1979

literature

Press release from the University of Hanover of October 27, 1999

Remarks

↑ Notwithstanding this, the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Lower Saxony State Library (GWLB) notes Michael Höft's dates of birth as May 27, 1955 in Luttrum; compare Höft, Michael in the database of Niedersächsische Personen (new entry required) of the GWLB in the processing of March 1, 2012, last accessed on July 25, 2017
↑ Notwithstanding this, the German National Library (DNB) notes the dates of birth 1955 and Luttrum for Michael Höft; compare the information from the DNB

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Rainer Ertel (edit.), Antje Doll, Gunther Mühge (edit.): A double honor for founding a start-up company ... , in this: The bearers of the Karmarsch medal. 1925 to 2011. A foray through German scientific and economic history , ed. from the Freundeskreis der Leibniz-Universität Hannover eV, Hannover: Verlag der Hahnschen Buchhandlung, 2011, ISBN 978-3-7752-6163-0 , p. 102f.

personal data
SURNAME	Höft, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German businessman, entrepreneur and manager
DATE OF BIRTH	April 13, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bremen

[1] Notwithstanding this, the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Lower Saxony State Library (GWLB) notes Michael Höft's dates of birth as May 27, 1955 in Luttrum; compare Höft, Michael in the database of Niedersächsische Personen (new entry required) of the GWLB in the processing of March 1, 2012, last accessed on July 25, 2017

[2] Notwithstanding this, the German National Library (DNB) notes the dates of birth 1955 and Luttrum for Michael Höft; compare the information from the DNB

[Die_Träger_...-3] Rainer Ertel (edit.), Antje Doll, Gunther Mühge (edit.): A double honor for founding a start-up company ... , in this: The bearers of the Karmarsch medal. 1925 to 2011. A foray through German scientific and economic history , ed. from the Freundeskreis der Leibniz-Universität Hannover eV, Hannover: Verlag der Hahnschen Buchhandlung, 2011, ISBN 978-3-7752-6163-0 , p. 102f.