Reinhard Zinkann junior

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Reinhard Christian Zinkann (born September 1, 1959 in Gütersloh ) is a German entrepreneur. He is the great-grandson of the eponymous co-founder Reinhard Zinkann of the traditional German company Miele & Cie KG. In addition to his role as one of the managing directors of Miele & Cie KG, he is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hipp Holding AG.

He is the son of Peter Zinkann (* 1928).

Zinkann graduated from the Salem boarding school. He studied at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg , at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and at the University of Cologne and graduated with a degree in business administration. In 1988 he received his doctorate. rer. oec. at the Technical University of Berlin with a dissertation on product liability . He gained his first professional experience at BMW AG in Munich , where he was jointly responsible for coordinating the BMW branches.

Zinkann joined Miele in 1992. Since 1999 he has been a managing partner of the Gütersloh household appliance manufacturer. In January 2009 he was selected as "Marketing Man 2008" by the specialist magazine Horizont . As chairman of the Economic Society for Westphalia and Lippe , he received the silver town hall commemorative coin of the city of Münster in October 2011 for his services to the Peace of Westphalia Prize .

Zinkann is divorced and has one son. Since September 1, 2012, he has been married to the Hamburg child and adolescent psychotherapist Amélie von Wallenberg-Pachaly for the second time.

Awards

2017: Entrepreneur Award of the Business Club Aachen Maastricht

2019: State Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Internet excerpt - Commercial Register of the Canton of Obwalden ( Memento from June 29, 2015 in the web archive archive.today )
  2. ↑ Award of the State Order of Merit. State Chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia, May 14, 2019, accessed on May 15, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Zinkann, Reinhard junior
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zinkann, Reinhard Christian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur and managing director of Miele
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Gutersloh