Thomas Olbricht
Thomas Olbricht (* 1948 in Wernesgrün ) is a German patron of the arts , chemist, doctor and former chairman of the supervisory board of Wella AG. He is one of the heirs to the family business.
Career
Olbricht studied chemistry in Marburg and Bochum and received his doctorate in natural sciences in 1974. Olbricht then studied medicine at the University of Essen and was awarded a Dr. med. PhD.
In 1989 he was appointed private lecturer for internal medicine and endocrinology in Essen and in 1994 professor for internal medicine. In the same year he founded an endocrinology practice.
From 1992 Olbricht was a member of the Supervisory Board of Wella AG, 2002/2003 as its chairman. When Wella AG was sold to Procter & Gamble , Olbricht received 165 million euros for his shares.
Since 1986, Olbricht has been collecting visual arts with a focus on contemporary art. In 2010 the me Collectors Room Berlin opened on Auguststrasse in Berlin , in which he is showing his Olbricht Collection and excerpts from other international private art collections. In addition, the me Collectors Room Berlin is home upstairs a Wunderkammer , art, antiques, curiosities, furniture, anatomical models and stuffed animals shows since the Renaissance.
capital
Thomas Olbricht's fortune is stated by Manager Magazin at around 850 million euros and is ranked 138th in the list of the 500 richest Germans (as of 2013).
Web links
- Literature by and about Thomas Olbricht in the catalog of the German National Library
- http://www.me-berlin.com
- ck: Doctor Olbricht's cabinet . For its tenth birthday, the Neues Museum Weserburg is showing art that is literally just dry: for the first time, the collector Thomas Olbricht is exhibiting a large selection of his acquisitions, some of which are shocking. In: taz . 2001.
- The Art of Collecting - The Interview with Thomas Olbricht , Beige, September 27, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ New chief controller - manager magazin online 2001
- ↑ Orderly withdrawal - manager magazin online, Sep. 2003
- ↑ Securities and Exchange Commission / EDGAR: AGREEMENT REGARDING THE PURCHASE AND TRANSFER OF AG SHARES AND GMBH SHARESAND REGARDING SHAREHOLDERS 'RESOLUTIONS
- ↑ Ingeborg Wiensowski: art connoisseur Thomas Olbricht - SPIEGEL ONLINE 2010
- ↑ Our house. In: me-berlin.com. Retrieved August 17, 2017 .
- ↑ Wunderkammer Olbricht in the me Collectors Room
- ↑ Manager Magazine , October 2013.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Olbricht, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German art patron, chemist and doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wernesgrün |