Isolde Liebherr

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Isolde Mathilde Liebherr
Born (1949-07-10) 10 July 1949 (age 72)
Memmingen, West Germany
EducationMannheim Business School (M.B.A., 1975)[1]
OccupationVice chairman of Liebherr Group[1]
Spouse(s)Married
ChildrenThree daughters

Isolde Mathilde Liebherr (born 10 July 1949) is a German-Swiss billionaire entrepreneur and vice chairman of Liebherr Group.

Life and education[]

Born in Memmingen,[2] Isolde Liebherr grew up in the Upper Swabian village of Kirchdorf and Biberach as the fourth of five children of company founder Hans Liebherr. After graduation high school, she completed a degree in economics and achieved the academic degree Diplom-Kauffrau.

She is the mother of three daughters and lives in Bulle, Switzerland.[3]

Career[]

After earning her management degree in 1976, she joined her father's company.[4] In the mid seventies, she took over the services division within the Liebherr Group and was responsible for the hotels and other properties of the company. These include the Interalpen-Hotel Tyrol in Telfs, the Löwen-Hotel Schruns and the hotel The Dunloe in Killarney. In her birthplace Memmingen, the Liebherr Group runs the Hotel Falken.[5] The Bilderberg Conference was held in Telfer Interalpen Hotel in 1988 and 2015.[6]

Since 1994, Isolde Liebherr has been vice president of the administrative board of Liebherr-International AG.[7]

Management[]

After the death of her father in 1993 and the renunciation of her brothers Hans, Hubert and Markus, she took over the corporation in the legal form of a stock, together with Willi Liebherr.[8] The only shareholders are family members of the Liebherr family.[9][10][11]

Honors and awards[]

Sponsoring[]

Isolde Liebherr is financially involved in horse show jumping. The former Swiss world class rider Markus Fuchs, made his most successful horse Tinka's Boy available to her.[10] Her niece, Christina Liebherr, won the bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games with the Swiss show jumper.[14]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Bloomberg Billionaires Index: Isolde Liebherr". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Isolde Liebherr". Munzinger. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Der Weg des "langen Hans" nach Irland" (PDF). Irland Journal. January 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  4. ^ "#222 Willi & Isolde Liebherr & family". Forbes. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Hotels of the Liebherr Group". Liebherr. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Participants, Bilderberg 2015". Bilderberg Meetings. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Dr. h.c. Dipl.-Kfm. Isolde Liebherr". Liebherr. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  8. ^ Pirmin Schilliger (29 June 2011). "Liebherr: Baggern für Milliardäre". Handelszeitung Ringier Axel Springer Schweiz. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  9. ^ Christian Keun (10 August 2001). "Mit dem Bagger Milliarden geschaufelt". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  10. ^ a b Klusmann, Steffen (2008). Töchter der deutschen Wirtschaft. FinanzBuch-Verlag. p. 296. ISBN 978-3898794077. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  11. ^ "Liebherr: "Wir fühlen uns überall zu Hause"". Schwäbische Zeitung. 22 March 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  12. ^ "Top 20 Most Influential Female Leaders in the Heavy Equipment and Machinery Industry". Slideshare. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  13. ^ Philip O'kane (8 June 2012). "Text of the introductory address" (PDF). National University Of Ireland. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  14. ^ "Christina Liebherr". La Gruyère. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

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