Isolde Liebherr
Isolde Mathilde Liebherr | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 July 1949 |
| Education | Mannheim Business School (M.B.A., 1975)[1] |
| Occupation | Member of the administrative board Liebherr Group[2] |
| Spouse | Married |
| Children | Three daughters |
Isolde Mathilde Liebherr (born 10 July 1949, Memmingen, Germany) is a German-Swiss billionaire entrepreneur, current member and former chairman[2] of the board of Liebherr Group.
Life and education[edit]
Born in Memmingen,[3] 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 graduating 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.[4]
Career[edit]
After earning her management degree in 1976, she joined her father's company.[5] 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.[6] The Bilderberg Conference was held in Telfer Interalpen Hotel in 1988 and 2015.[7]
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 company, together with Willi Liebherr.[8] The only shareholders are family members of the Liebherr family.[9][10][11] Isolde Liebherr was vice president of the administrative board of Liebherr-International AG[12] until 2023, when Stéfanie Wohlfahrt became the new vice president.[13] Isolde Liebherr remained a member of the administrative board.[14][2]
Honors and awards[edit]
- Ambassador of the Peace Bell of the Alpine Area, 2001[15]
- Honorary Doctorate from the National University of Ireland at Cork, 2012[16]
- Honorary citizenship of Kirchdorf, 2022[17]
Wealth[edit]
On the 2018 Forbes list, Isolde and Willi Liebherr ranked 222nd, with approximately US$7.1 billion.[18] The Liebherr family's assets were estimated at 9.3 billion in 2023 by Bilanz, placing them 19th on a list of the 300 richest people in Switzerland.[2]
Sponsoring[edit]
Isolde Liebherr is financially involved in horse show jumping. The former Swiss world class equestrian Markus Fuchs, made his most successful horse Tinka's Boy available to her.[10][19] Her niece, Christina Liebherr, won the bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games with the Swiss show jumping team.[20]
References[edit]
- ^ "Bloomberg Billionaires Index: Isolde Liebherr". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Liebherr Group appoints new President and Vice President to its administrative board". liebherr.com. 4 January 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Isolde Liebherr". Munzinger. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
- ^ "Der Weg des "langen Hans" nach Irland" (PDF). Irland Journal. January 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
- ^ "#222 Willi & Isolde Liebherr & family". Forbes. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ "Hotels of the Liebherr Group". Liebherr. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Participants, Bilderberg 2015". Bilderberg Meetings. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ Pirmin Schilliger (29 June 2011). "Liebherr: Baggern für Milliardäre". Handelszeitung Ringier Axel Springer Schweiz. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
- ^ Christian Keun (10 August 2001). "Mit dem Bagger Milliarden geschaufelt". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
- ^ a b Klusmann, Steffen (2008). Töchter der deutschen Wirtschaft. FinanzBuch-Verlag. p. 296. ISBN 978-3898794077. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
- ^ "Liebherr: "Wir fühlen uns überall zu Hause"". Schwäbische Zeitung. 22 March 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
- ^ "Dr. h.c. Dipl.-Kfm. Isolde Liebherr". Liebherr. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ "Die 300 Reichsten". handelszeitung.ch. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Zweite auf dritte Generation". vertikal.net. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Top 20 Most Influential Female Leaders in the Heavy Equipment and Machinery Industry". Slideshare. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ Philip O'kane (8 June 2012). "Text of the introductory address" (PDF). National University Of Ireland. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ "Ehrenbürger der Gemeinde Kirchdorf an der Iller". kirchdorf-iller.de. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Willi & Isolde Liebherr & family". forbes.com. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ Richard Mulligan (26 February 2022). "Horse of a Lifetime: Tinka's Boy". fei.org. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Christina Liebherr". La Gruyère. Retrieved 7 October 2021.