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

1. ↑ Seats on supervisory boards and similar bodies - Commerzbank ( Memento from October 17, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 64, No. 9, January 17, 2012.