Helmut Maucher
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Helmut Maucher was the managing director of Nestlé
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When he was 19 Nestlé
AG bought the milk production company in Eisenharz in the Western Allgaeu in which he and his father were employed. After finishing his A levels he was then doing a business apprenticeship in the same company. He then changed to Nestlé Frankfurt, where he was studying business administration at university while working and finished his study with a Master in Business/Commerce.
Between 1964 and 1980 he occupied different management positions at Nestlé Frankfurt
, in 1975 he became General Director of the Nestlé Group Germany. On 1.st October 1980 he was asked to change to Switzerland to become General Director of the whole Nestlé Group and member of the executive committee.
In November 1981 he became delegate of the supervisory administration board of Nestlé AG in Vevey. Between 1990 and 1997 he was both, president and delegate of the supervisory administration board. In this time he expanded the company to the largest food company worldwide with 260,000 employees. After stepping down from his position as delegate in 1997 he continued to be president of the supervisory administration board until 2000 which is when he was given the position of honorary president. He was the first non-Swiss ever to be given such an honour and position in a major Swiss company.
Nestlé
Nestlé S.A. is the world's largest food and nutrition company. Founded and headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, Nestlé originated in a 1905 merger of the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company, established in 1867 by brothers George Page and Charles Page, and Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé, founded in 1866 by Henri...
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When he was 19 Nestlé
Nestlé
Nestlé S.A. is the world's largest food and nutrition company. Founded and headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, Nestlé originated in a 1905 merger of the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company, established in 1867 by brothers George Page and Charles Page, and Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé, founded in 1866 by Henri...
AG bought the milk production company in Eisenharz in the Western Allgaeu in which he and his father were employed. After finishing his A levels he was then doing a business apprenticeship in the same company. He then changed to Nestlé Frankfurt, where he was studying business administration at university while working and finished his study with a Master in Business/Commerce.
Between 1964 and 1980 he occupied different management positions at Nestlé Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
, in 1975 he became General Director of the Nestlé Group Germany. On 1.st October 1980 he was asked to change to Switzerland to become General Director of the whole Nestlé Group and member of the executive committee.
In November 1981 he became delegate of the supervisory administration board of Nestlé AG in Vevey. Between 1990 and 1997 he was both, president and delegate of the supervisory administration board. In this time he expanded the company to the largest food company worldwide with 260,000 employees. After stepping down from his position as delegate in 1997 he continued to be president of the supervisory administration board until 2000 which is when he was given the position of honorary president. He was the first non-Swiss ever to be given such an honour and position in a major Swiss company.
Memberships
- Allensbach Institute for Demoscopy- president of trust board
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) – member of trust board
- Trust "Kulturdenkmal Schloss Bad Wurzach"-member of the trust board
Honours and distinctions
- Doctor honoris causa, European Business School Oestrich Winkel – Feb 1997
- Austrian cross of honour for science and art, 1st class – August 1999
- Scopus Award, Hebrew University Jerusalem – Mai 1998
- Doctor honoris causa, Technical University Munich – March 1998
- German great cross of honour with star distinction, Federal Republic of Germany 1997
- Business Hall of Fame, Manager Magazin-Mai 1997
- INTERNORGA price, Hamburg 1996
- Appeal of Conscience Foundation Award, New York – October 1995
- IMD, Maucher Nestlé Chair, November 1993
- Leadership Award for Corporate Statesmanship, International Institute for Management Development (IMD) – October 1993
- Great golden honour seal with star for services to the Republic of Austria – August 1993
- Honour of receiving the order of the aztek eagle Mexico, April 1993
- Great cross of honour, Germany 1988
- Doctor honoris causa, University Guadalajara, Mexico- June 1989
- Fortune Magazine Gold Medal 1984
- Medal of honour of the state of Baden-Württemberg 1998
External links (German)
- Literature of and about Helmut Maucher (http:/d-nb.info/gnd/11906412x) in the catalogue of German National Library
- Marc Brost and Arne Storn "one needs backbone" –interview in Die Zeit Nr.49 on 01.12.2005