Ernst Tanner
Ernst Tanner | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 July 1946 |
| Occupation | Chairman of the Board of Lindt & Sprüngli |
Ernst Tanner (born 24 July 1946) is a Swiss manager and entrepreneur. He is Chairman of the Board of the chocolate manufacturer Lindt & Sprüngli.
Life
[edit | edit source]After earning his undergraduate degree in business administration, Tanner continued his education at business schools in London and Harvard. He worked for over 20 years in a leading management position in the Johnson & Johnson Group in Europe and the USA.[1] In 1993 he joined Lindt & Sprüngli as a CEO and the next year he also assumed as its Chairman of the Board of Directors, for many years holding both mandates as a double mandate.[2] Since his involvement in the Company, the revenue of the chocolate manufacturer has surged considerably.[3] He has been Vice President of the Board of Directors since 2011, where he was a member since 2002 and since 2014, Chairman of the Compensation Committee of the Swatch Group. He is also a member of the advisory board of the German Krombacher Brauerei[4] In 2015 he bought 10% of the Signa Holding and took a seat in the advisory board of the company.[1] In October 2021, he capitalized on his involvement in Signa and sold 4% of the shares back to the owner of the Signa Holding, René Benko.[5]
Private life
[edit | edit source]He is married and has a son.[3]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- Ernst Tanner Official website Lindt & Sprüngli
- Iris Kuhn-Spogat, Stefan Barmettler: Lindt & Sprüngli: Der Kaiser aus Kilchberg Archived 2018-01-05 at the Wayback Machine In: Bilanz 18. December 2009.
- Marc Kowalsky: Ernst Tanner: «Ich bin kein Sesselkleber» Archived 2018-01-05 at the Wayback Machine Interview in: Bilanz 30. Mai 2012.
- Ernst Tanner, in the Munzinger-Archiv
Lua error in Module:Authority_control at line 153: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).