Wilhelm Werhahn (entrepreneur, 1939)
Wilhelm Werhahn (born January 3, 1939 in Neuss ) is a German entrepreneur.
Life
Werhahn comes Neuss business family Wehrhahn . He is the great-great-grandson of the company's founder, Peter Wilhelm Werhahn . After graduating from the Quirinus-Gymnasium in Neuss and completing a bank apprenticeship, he studied law and joined the Karstadt retail group in 1970 . In 1978 he moved to the family-owned Werhahn Group, where he took over a seat on the board in 1979. Due to the company's close ties to the RWE electricity group , he also took on board positions at Lausitzer Braunkohle AG and Lahmeyer AG .
From 1993 he was a member of the plenary assembly of the IHK Middle Rhine , on January 23, 2002 he was elected president and confirmed in office in 2007.
Wilhelm Werhahn is married and has two children. He has been a member of the Catholic student association KDSt.V. since 1961. Burgundia Munich.
Honors
- 2004: Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
- 2011: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2017: Appointment as an honorary member of the Neuss civil society
- 2019: Appointment as honorary president of the IHK Mittlerer Niederrhein
literature
- Jens Metzdorf (Ed.): 150 citizens. The civil society of Neuss 1861–2011. Bürgergesellschaft zu Neuss, Neuss 2012, ISBN 978-3-00-039656-4 , p. 580.
- Klara van Eyll : Wilh. Werhahn KG Neuss am Rhein. Companies and entrepreneurs 1841 to 2011, Neuss 2013, ISBN 978-3-00-042180-8
Web links
- Entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs , interview with Wilhelm Wehrhahn in the Neuss-Grevenbroicher Zeitung , June 27, 2006
Individual evidence
- ↑ Seats on supervisory boards and similar bodies - Commerzbank ( Memento from October 17, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 64, No. 9, January 17, 2012.
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SURNAME | Werhahn, Wilhelm |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1939 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuss |