Thomas Carl Schwoerer

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Thomas Carl Schwoerer

Thomas Carl Schwoerer (born June 16, 1957 in São Paulo ) is a German publisher . From 1995 to 2015 he managed the Campus Verlag , which was founded by his father Frank Schwoerer. In 2015 he sold his fifty percent stake in the publishing house to the co-owner, the Beltz publishing group .

Life

Born in São Paulo, Thomas Carl Schwoerer spent his childhood and youth in Brazil and New York . At the age of 15, he and his family moved to the vicinity of Frankfurt am Main .

After graduating from high school in 1976 at the Goethe-Gymnasium in Frankfurt, he studied economics at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University and in 1983 he financed his graduate degree in economics with the translation of the campus long-seller “Competitive Strategy” by Michael Porter . Two years as a credit analyst at Bank of America followed , followed by an internship at Jürgens Buchladen in Berlin and an internship at Klett-Cotta Verlag in Stuttgart , before he expanded the business program of Campus Verlag as a lecturer from 1986 .

In addition to his publishing activities, Thomas Carl Schwoerer has also been involved in voluntary work for decades. Since 1975 he has been active in the German Peace Society - United War Resisters , since 2006 as national spokesman. From 1975 he was active with the German Young Democrats , from 1979 in the Liberal University Association .

For three years he was chairman of the Hessian publishers and booksellers association and member of the board of the public publishing group. From 1994 to 2015 he was a member of the Publishers' Committee and the Assembly of Representatives of the German Book Trade Association .

Honors

In 2001 Thomas Carl Schwoerer was named “Publisher of the Year” by the specialist magazine Buchmarkt . In 2007 the Federal Association of German Management Consultants declared him "Manager of the Year" and awarded him the "BDU ManagerAward".

Publications

  • The situation in Libya after the Berlin summit. On: diefreiheitsliebe.de from February 7, 2020.
  • Peace policy. Speech on April 20, 2019 at the Odenwald Easter March .
  • There were alternatives to the Kosovo war. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of October 14, 2018, full text
  • Without copyright, as a symbol of peace free for everyone. The peace sign turns sixty years old: From Martin Luther King to the VW buses of Woodstock fans. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of February 21, 2018, full text
  • Negotiate with IS? New solutions for Syria and terrorism. Redline-Verlag, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3868816525 .
  • Publisher instead of book manufacturer? In: Rita Galli et al .: Books, of all things. Thirty-one publishing self-portraits. Christoph Links Verlag , Berlin 1998, pp. 158-162, ISBN 978-3861531678 .

literature

  • Lars Langenau: Easter marches 2018: “Those who want peace have to negotiate with their enemies.” Interview with Thomas Carl Schwoerer. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , April 1, 2018, full text
  • Claus-Jürgen Göpfert: "The price of the military route is too high." Interview with Thomas Carl Schwoerer. In: Frankfurter Rundschau , February 19, 2018, full text
  • Ute Welty : Peace symbol turns 60. A triumphant advance around the world. Interview with Thomas Carl Schwoerer. In: Deutschlandfunk Kultur , February 21, 2018.
  • Antje Kunstmann : Honored many times, always authentic: Thomas Carl Schwoerer (60). In: BuchMarkt , June 16, 2017, full text
  • Rainer Hermann: There is no way out in the Middle East. Review. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , September 28, 2016.
  • Jan Klauth: Against the war for 130 years. In: Frankfurter Rundschau, October 20, 2016, full text
  • Günter Rexilius: Negotiating with IS? IPPNW-Forum 147, September 2016, p. 32.
  • Julian Rohrer: Expert calls for radical rethinking: finally negotiate with IS! Interview with Thomas Carl Schwoerer. On: Focus Online , June 16, 2016, full text
  • Andreas Schwarzkopf: Military solutions from a detached circle. Interview with Thomas Carl Schwoerer. In: Frankfurter Rundschau , February 12, 2016.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Campus publisher Thomas Carl Schwoerer again with a traditional annual report. On: buchmarkt.de from January 27, 2012
  2. ↑ Thomas Carl Schwoerer surrenders his campus shares to Beltz after 29 years of “life”. On: buchmarkt.de from February 6, 2015
  3. ^ The situation in Libya after the Berlin summit. On: diefreiheitsliebe.de from February 7, 2020
  4. ↑ Peace Policy . Speech on April 20, 2019 at the Odenwald Easter March . (Full text)
personal data
SURNAME Schwoerer, Thomas Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schwoerer, Thomas C.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publisher
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH São Paulo , Brazil