Claus Hipp
Claus Hipp , actually Nikolaus Joseph Hipp , (born October 22, 1938 in Munich ) is a German entrepreneur and managing director of the food and baby food manufacturer Hipp . He has also been Honorary Consul for the Georgian Embassy in Germany since 2008 .
Life
Claus Hipp, the second of seven children, studied law at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich after graduating from the Ludwigsgymnasium in Munich . In addition to his studies, he managed the family farm from 1960 until today. After his promotion to Doctor of Law stepped Claus Hipp in 1964 in his father's company Georg Hipp in Pfaffenhofen and took over in 1967 the management. Since 1968, after his father's death, he has been a personally liable partner of the HiPP companies . Under his leadership, the company developed into one of the leading manufacturers of baby food .
From 1998 to 2004 Claus Hipp was President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Munich and Upper Bavaria. At the same time, he was President of the Bavarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and, since 2001, Vice President of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry . Hipp has been the patron of Münchner Tafel e. V.
Hipp is a practicing Catholic and advocates ecological action both professionally and privately . Since 2007 he has been a member of the nature alliance established by the then Federal Minister Sigmar Gabriel on the occasion of the CBD -COP9, which is committed to the preservation of biological diversity .
From 1960 to 1977, Hipp was active in equestrian sports and achieved victories in international jumping and military tournaments. Today he breeds competition horses.
In 2008 he was appointed Honorary Consul of Georgia for Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg by Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili . Since October 2008 he has headed the German Economic Association of Georgia . He was appointed professor in the Faculty of Business Administration at the State University in Tbilisi , Georgia.
Hipp is Honorary President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Munich and Upper Bavaria , Honorary President of the German-Russian Chamber of Commerce in Moscow.
On the initiative of Claus Hipp, in collaboration with the Swiss oboist Marie-Lise Schüpbach and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the chamber music festival erstKlassik am Sarnersee , which has been held annually in Obwalden since 2008 . Hipp is the patron of the event.
Claus Hipp lives in the German Ilmmünster ( Einöde-Ehrensberg ) and in the Swiss canton of Obwalden .
Artist
Hipp completed his training at the state-approved Heinrich Kropp painting school in Munich. In addition to his professional career, Claus Hipp has been working as a freelance artist under his birth and artist name Nikolaus Hipp since 1970 . He is a musician and a trained painter. He began taking oboe lessons at the age of fourteen and also plays the English horn . From 1959 to 1970 he completed an artistic training at the Munich Art School, where he was Heinrich Kropp's master class.
His abstract works have been shown in numerous group and solo exhibitions around the world. His pictures are represented in numerous collections and museums. Hipp has held a full professorship for non-representational painting at the State Art Academy ( Apolon Kutateladze Academy of Arts ) in Tbilisi , Georgia , since 2001 . He had a teaching position for non-representational art at the Bad Reichenhall Art Academy .
Awards
- 1990: Bavarian Order of Merit
- 1995: Cross of Merit 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for services to the environment
- 1999: Great Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2000: Great Golden Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria
- 2000: Franz Kafka Art Prize for Painting, Prague
- 2001: Euronatur environmental award
- 2004: Appointment as honorary senator of the then private university IMADEC University ; according to the current interpretation of a judgment from 2006, this academic honorary title is invalid.
- 2005: German start-up award in the Lifetime Achievement category for outstanding performance as an entrepreneur
- 2008: Honorary Citizenship of Tbilisi , Georgia
- 2009: Rheydt Golden Flower environmental award
- 2010: Steiger Award for services to the environment
- 2010: Bavarian Constitutional Medal in Gold
- 2013: Admission to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
- 2014: Honorary Prize of the Querdenker Awards in the Lifetime Achievement category
- 2016: Medal for special services to Bavaria in a United Europe
- 2018: Entrepreneur Award of the Business Club Aachen Maastricht
Publications
- Claus Hipp. That's what I stand for with my name. Claus Hipp in conversation with Eva Demmerle . Universitas, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-8004-1460-0 .
- The freedom to do it differently. My life, my values, my thinking. Pattloch, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-629-02207-3 .
- Agenda man. Why we need a new generation contract. Rowohlt, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-87134-669-9 .
- The Hipp principle. How we can do what we want. Herder Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3451323478 .
- Respect decency! On the value of a respectful togetherness Gräfe und Unzer Verlag, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3833836114 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Claus Hipp in the catalog of the German National Library
- Claus Hipp: happiness in a glass. Portrait of Claus Hipp in Manager Magazin , May 26, 2003, accessed on May 26, 2018
- Claus Hipp: Rich by nature. Portrait in the Swiss magazine Bilanz , February 28, 2006, accessed on February 25, 2016
- Nikolaus Hipp Homepage of the artist Claus Hipp
- Entrepreneur Claus Hipp , table talk by WDR 5 on January 24, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Claus Hipp: Naturally rich , portrait in the magazine Bilanz , see web links
- ↑ Saakashvili demands plan for NATO membership , article in the newspaper “Die Welt” from November 20, 2008
- ↑ Country information on Georgia from the Federal Foreign Office: Economic Relations
- ↑ a b Prof. Dr. Claus Hipp - Managing Director Hipp GmbH & Co. ( Memento from May 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Information page on the website of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag, accessed on July 21, 2012
- ↑ Music festival in a family atmosphere and “Good music always goes with good music” , article in the Neue Obwaldner Zeitung and its supplement Apero from August 29, 2012
- ↑ The festival's website erstKlassik am Sarnersee
- ^ The richest Germans in Switzerland, 36th place, Hipp family , Bilanz.ch of November 28, 2014, accessed on March 22, 2015
- ↑ Claus Hipp's biography on whoiswho.de, accessed on July 21, 2012
- ↑ a b c Vita on Nikolaus Hipp's website, accessed on February 25, 2016
- ^ List of group exhibitions on Nikolaus Hipp's website, accessed on February 25, 2016
- ↑ List of solo exhibitions on Nikolaus Hipp's website, accessed on February 25, 2016
- ^ Works in public space on Nikolaus Hipp's website, accessed on February 25, 2016
- ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF file; 6.6 MB)
- ↑ Bettina Perthold-Stoitzner, Karl Stöger: On the admissibility of awarding academic honors by private universities and other post-secondary educational institutions. In: Journal for University Law, University Management and University Policy: zfhr. 6, 2007, pp. 26-30, doi : 10.1007 / s00741-007-0116-9 .
- ↑ Outstanding. A whole life. Lifetime Achievement Award Winner , Deutscher Gründerpreis, Siegerbibliotehk, 2005, accessed on May 26, 2018
- ↑ Honorary Prize Winner 2014 of the Querdenker Awards ( Memento from February 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hipp, Claus |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hipp, Nikolaus Joseph (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1938 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |