Willy Strothotte
Willy R. Strothotte (* 1944 in Borken , Westphalia ) is a German manager .
Life
Strothotte completed a commercial apprenticeship after finishing secondary school. From 1964 he worked as a raw materials trader in Austria, Belgium and the USA. From 1961 to 1978 he was a manager ("Rich Boys") and, as the successor to Marc Rich, from 1994 to 2001 CEO of Glencore International AG , a group of companies active in the raw materials trade with headquarters in Baar , Switzerland . He has been Chairman of the Board of Directors since 1994 and, with a current stake of an estimated 10 percent, is its largest single shareholder.
He has also been a member of the supervisory board of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR), one of the world's largest private equity investment firms, and of the Australian mining company Minara Resources, since 2007 . Since 1994 he has been head of the board of directors of the British-Swiss mining group Xstrata , of which Glencore is the majority shareholder.
The Swiss business magazine Bilanz estimates his private assets at 3 to 4 billion francs, which corresponds to around 2.5 to 3.3 billion euros. He lives in Feusisberg in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. His son is the actor Marcus Thomas.
Web links
- Leo Müller , Claus Hecking: The silent regent of the raw material empire ( Memento from February 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), Capital , February 25, 2010.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Markus Diem Meier: The most powerful manager in Switzerland ( Memento from March 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), Tages-Anzeiger , March 2, 2010.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Strothotte, Willy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Strothotte, Willy R. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bark |