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Peter Boys (2004)

Peter Junge (born August 21, 1939 in Montabaur ) is a German entrepreneur and economic politician .

Life

Junge grew up in Aachen . After studying economics with a degree in economics (1965) at the University of Cologne with an exchange year at Cleveland State University , he went into business. Since 1984 he has been a member of the board of directors of the Otto Wolff Group , where he started in 1966 as personal assistant to the industrialist Otto Wolff von Amerongen .

After Junge resigned as chairman of the management in November 1986, PHB Weserhütte AG (PWH) went bankrupt in 1987. As a result of subsidies in the bankruptcy proceedings to avert possible further liability, Wolff lost his entire Otto Wolff group by 1990 .

From 1987, Junge was CEO of the German Strabag AG in Cologne, succeeding Gerhardt Hartwich.

Peter Junge is a partner in the Peter Junge Holding. He works in the new economy sector, including a leading price comparison platform and in the startup and business angel segment.

Junge is a member of several supervisory and advisory boards. His commitment to networks and organizations such as the Hayek Institute or the Mont Pèlerin Society identify him as a representative of neoliberalism . In an interview in the daily newspaper Die Welt in 2010 he described capitalism as "the largest NGO in human history" and as "a bottom-up system." This "frees people to exercise their talents instead of making themselves dependent on someone who tells them what they are allowed to do and what not."

Until it was dissolved, he was also co-president of the “European Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises” (SME UNION).

Volunteering

Boys often do volunteer work. In 2015, the Board of Trustees of the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud in Cologne elected him to succeed the late Alfred Neven DuMont as its chairman. In 2013 he was appointed Chairman of the Project Syndicate , an amalgamation of around 500 newspapers and magazines from 150 countries to create a platform for discussing global trends and disseminating new ideas.

criticism

Junge is President of the European Enterprise Institute (EEI), which, according to research by Greenpeace in 2018, is part of a network for combating climate protection measures.

honors and awards

In 2000, Wirtschaftswoche named him one of the most important people who influenced the "New Economy". In 1999, Jungs received the Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany .

Web links

Commons : Peter Junge  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Junge at munzinger.de
  2. ↑ ENTREPRENEUR: Too much hidden . In: Der Spiegel . No. 27 , 1987 ( online - June 29, 1987 ).
  3. ↑ MANAGER: It got frosty . In: Der Spiegel . No. 46 , 1986 ( online - Nov. 10, 1986 ).
  4. ^ Peter Junge - Hayek Institute. Accessed May 30, 2018 (German).
  5. ↑ Interview in Die Welt, April 20, 2010, No. 91, p. 7
  6. ↑ Personnel: Peter Junge is the new co-president of the "European Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises" , verbaende.com, March 31, 2003
  7. ↑ Note at stadt-koeln.de (accessed Nov. 2015)
  8. ^ European Enterprise Institute. Retrieved May 30, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Greenpeace Germany: With American means against climate protection. (PDF) Greenpeace, November 2015, accessed May 30, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Note on the 70th at Presseanzeiger.de
personal data
SURNAME Boys, peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Montabaur