Wien Holding

Wien Holding GmbH
legal form	Company with limited liability
founding	1974
Seat	Vienna , Austria
management	Kurt Gollowitzer (since September 1, 2018), Sigrid Oblak
Website	www.wienholding.at

The Wien Holding GmbH is one of the pillars of the economic activity of the Viennese city administration next to the City of Vienna with its enterprises and next to the Wiener Stadtwerke Holding AG . It is owned by the City of Vienna . The managing directors are Sigrid Oblak and Kurt Gollowitzer, the political supervision lies with Finance and Economic City Councilor Peter Hanke ( SPÖ ).

In the holding company organized under private law were combined. B. Gesiba founded in 1921 or the Wiener Messe founded in the same year , have often been wholly or partially owned by the City of Vienna for decades.

The holding company holds shares in real estate and is active in culture, leisure and event management, among other things: It owns several museums and theaters. The logistics division includes the Vienna ports, which with an area of 3.5 million square meters are one of the largest freight transport centers in Austria. Today, Wien Holding companies include:

United Bühnen Wien GmbH .: Raimundtheater , Ronacher and Theater an der Wien . (97.34% share)
Wiener Hafen Gesellschaft mbH, Wiener Hafen und Lager expansion and asset management company, Wiener Hafen Lager- und Umschlagbetriebe Ges.mbH
Wiener Messe possession GmbH. (95% share)
Wiener Stadthalle operating and event company mbH
Ernst Happel Stadium (see town hall)
Schloss Laxenburg Betriebsges.mbH (together with the State of Lower Austria)
Jewish Museum of the City of Vienna Ges.mbH
House of the Musik Betriebsgesellschaft mbH
Gasometer-Mall Beteiligungsges.mbH (50% share, held by Gesiba Gemeinnützige Siedlungs- und Bauaktiengesellschaft)
WH Medien GmbH (operates the regional cable television broadcaster W24 and owns 5% in UPC Telekabel Vienna)
KunstHausWien GmbH (since June 1, 2007)
Gesiba : Non-profit settlement and construction company
EuroVienna EU Consulting & Management GmbH: Service point for EU-funded projects and coordination point for the EU Danube Region Strategy

In 2002 Peter Hanke was appointed one of two managing directors, and in 2009 Sigrid Oblak became the second managing director of Wien Holding alongside him. When Hanke moved to the state government and Ludwig City Senate in May 2018, authorized signatory Doris Rechberg-Missbichler took over Hanke's agendas as interim managing director of Wien Holding. As of September 1, 2018, Kurt Gollowitzer, the previous managing director of the Stadthalle Wien , will succeed Wien Holding as managing director for the areas of finance and investment controlling, accounting, corporate communications and project management as well as for companies in the business areas of culture and logistics. Sigrid Oblak was confirmed in her function as managing director.

Web links

Website of Wien Holding GmbH

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b orf.at: Gollowitz new head of Vienna holding . Article dated August 10, 2018, accessed August 11, 2018.
^ VBW - company. In: Vereinigte Bühnen Wien. Retrieved November 6, 2016 .
^ Wien Holding: organs . Retrieved May 14, 2018.
↑ Hanke's move into politics also brings new things to Wien Holding . OTS notification dated May 23, 2018, accessed May 23, 2018.

[orf2929451-1] orf.at: Gollowitz new head of Vienna holding . Article dated August 10, 2018, accessed August 11, 2018.

[2] VBW - company. In: Vereinigte Bühnen Wien. Retrieved November 6, 2016 .

[wienholding-3] Wien Holding: organs . Retrieved May 14, 2018.

[OTS_20180523_OTS0164-4] Hanke's move into politics also brings new things to Wien Holding . OTS notification dated May 23, 2018, accessed May 23, 2018.