Ulrich Bettermann

Ulrich Leo Bettermann (born October 14, 1946 in Menden ) is a German - Swiss entrepreneur .

Life

Bettermann completed his school education with a high school diploma and then completed an apprenticeship in banking. In 1968 he joined the family-owned, medium-sized electrical and building installation technology company OBO Bettermann . Two years later he initially took over eight percent of the company's shares as a partner, in 1985 he paid off his co-partners and became the sole owner and partner. He concentrated on the international expansion of the group of companies. In 1986, the first subsidiary was founded in Switzerland, followed by numerous regional branches across Germany.

As one of the founding fathers, Bettermann is a permanent member of the World Economic Forum in Davos . He now lives in Switzerland and has taken Swiss citizenship .

In December 2013, Bettermann was involved in Michail Borissowitsch Khodorkovsky's quick exit option by providing his group of companies with an aircraft that, according to newspaper reports, Hans-Dietrich Genscher had asked him to do .

Honors

1981: Appointment as honorary officer in the Swiss Army together with the then Bavarian Prime Minister Franz Josef Strauss

1994: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany

2010: Awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary

2012: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany

Web links

Extensive portrait in Wirtschaftswoche

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b OBO Blick 1/2012, see page 47 ( Memento of the original from January 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 6.2 MB), accessed on October 10, 2012 @1@ 2

↑ Bettermann, known to the greats of world politics. In: welt.de. Retrieved January 28, 2016 .

↑ ^a ^b Kilian Trotier: The big game hunter. In: zeit.de from February 6, 2014. Retrieved January 28, 2016 .

^ WAZ of August 5, 2012 , accessed on August 31, 2012

personal data
SURNAME	Bettermann, Ulrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bettermann, Ulrich Leo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German-Swiss entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH	October 14, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH	Menden

[OBO_Blick_1_2012-1] OBO Blick 1/2012, see page 47 ( Memento of the original from January 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 6.2 MB), accessed on October 10, 2012 @1@ 2

[2] Bettermann, known to the greats of world politics. In: welt.de. Retrieved January 28, 2016 .

[zeit-3] Kilian Trotier: The big game hunter. In: zeit.de from February 6, 2014. Retrieved January 28, 2016 .

[4] WAZ of August 5, 2012 , accessed on August 31, 2012