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'''Arend Oetker''' is the CEO of the Dr. Arend Oetker Holding GmbH & Co. KG in Berlin, Honorary President of the [[Federation of German Industries]]. Oetker is a great-grandson of [[August Oetker]] and cousin of [[Richard Oetker]].
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==Biography==
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He is the son of a farmer and grew up on the Hornoldendorf estate with four younger siblings. After graduating from the humanistic Gymnasium Leopoldinum in Detmold and completing his military service (air force), he completed an apprenticeship as a foreign trade merchant at Münchmeyer & Co. in [[Hamburg]] in [[1960]]. This was followed by studies in business administration and political science in Hamburg, [[Berlin]] and [[Cologne]], which Arend Oetker completed in [[1967]] with a doctorate in political science from the [[University of Cologne]]; he then took over his mother's inheritance. Today, he is the head of Dr. [[Arend Oetker Holding]] and owner of [[Hero AG]] with the core business of baby food and jam under the brand name Schwartau (Schwartauer Werke).
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Arend Oetker holds further company interests, including in the areas of seeds (KWS SAAT AG), [[raw materials]] trading and shipping (including a stake in the ferry operator [[TT-Line]]). In [[2002]], Manager Magazin named Oetker one of the "50 most powerful people in the German economy".<ref>https://www.manager-magazin.de/unternehmen/die-50-maechtigsten-der-deutschen-wirtschaft-a-a9925481-0002-0001-0000-000025191044</ref> The New York magazine Art News ranks him as one of the world's most active art collectors.<ref>https://www.artnews.com/art-collectors/top-200-profiles/arendt-oetker-2/#!</ref> He has been a member of the [[CDU]] since [[1982]].
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Social and economic functions and offices:
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*Member of the Board of Trustees of the Förderstiftung des Universitätsklinikums Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH)
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*Honorary member of the Presidium of the Federation of German Industries (BDI)
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*Member of the Executive Committee of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations
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*Member of the Board of Trustees of the Association of Friends of the National Gallery
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*Member of the supervisory boards of KWS SAAT SE, Berliner Philharmonie and Leipziger Messe and others
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*Member of the Board of Trustees of the Leipzig Bach Archive Foundation
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*Founder of a chair for leadership at the Leipzig Graduate School of Management (HHL) <ref>https://www.hhl.de/faculty-research/our-faculty/business-psychology-leadership/</ref>
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*Member of the Board of Trustees and Deputy Chairman of the [[Fritz Thyssen Foundation]] <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20070705162229/http://www.fritz-thyssen-stiftung.de/index.php?id=52</ref>
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*Member of the Senate of the [[Max Planck Society]] <ref>https://whoswho.de/bio/arend-oetker.html</ref>
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*Shareholder and member of the Supervisory Board of Cognos AG
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From [[2000]] to [[2005]], Oetker was Chairman of the Board of [[Atlantik-Brücke|Atlantik-Brücke e. V.]] <ref>https://www.atlantik-bruecke.org/die-atlantik-bruecke/vorstand/vorsitzende-der-atlantik-bruecke-seit-1952/</ref> and from [[1998]] to [[2013]] President of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft.<ref>https://merton-magazin.de/arend-oetker-der-feingeistige-anstifter</ref> He was also a member of the [[Trilateral Commission]] of Europe <ref>https://swprs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/trilateral-commission-members-2005.pdf</ref> and President of the [[German Council on Foreign Relations]] until June 2019, when he handed over the office to Thomas Enders.<ref>https://dgap.org/de/gesellschaft/die-gesellschaft/dgapinfo/dr-thomas-enders-ist-neuer-praesident-der-dgap</ref> In August [[2010]], Arend Oetker and around 40 other celebrities signed the Energy Policy Appeal for an extension of the operating life of German [[nuclear power plants]].
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==Opinions==
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|text=The USA is governed by 200 families to whom we want to have good relations [...]
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|date=2002
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Latest revision as of 20:19, 10 December 2023

Person.png Arend Oetker   IMDBRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(businessman)
Arend Oetker.png
Born30 March 1939
Bielefeld, Germany
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Cologne
Children5
Member ofAtlantik-Brücke, Trilateral Commission
German businessman, Chairman of Atlantik-Brücke for 5 years, named one of the: "50 most powerful people in the German economy"

Employment.png Atlantik-Brücke/Chairman

In office
2000 - 2005
Preceded byWalther Kiep
Succeeded byTom Enders

Arend Oetker is the CEO of the Dr. Arend Oetker Holding GmbH & Co. KG in Berlin, Honorary President of the Federation of German Industries. Oetker is a great-grandson of August Oetker and cousin of Richard Oetker.

Biography

He is the son of a farmer and grew up on the Hornoldendorf estate with four younger siblings. After graduating from the humanistic Gymnasium Leopoldinum in Detmold and completing his military service (air force), he completed an apprenticeship as a foreign trade merchant at Münchmeyer & Co. in Hamburg in 1960. This was followed by studies in business administration and political science in Hamburg, Berlin and Cologne, which Arend Oetker completed in 1967 with a doctorate in political science from the University of Cologne; he then took over his mother's inheritance. Today, he is the head of Dr. Arend Oetker Holding and owner of Hero AG with the core business of baby food and jam under the brand name Schwartau (Schwartauer Werke).

Arend Oetker holds further company interests, including in the areas of seeds (KWS SAAT AG), raw materials trading and shipping (including a stake in the ferry operator TT-Line). In 2002, Manager Magazin named Oetker one of the "50 most powerful people in the German economy".[1] The New York magazine Art News ranks him as one of the world's most active art collectors.[2] He has been a member of the CDU since 1982.

Social and economic functions and offices:

  • Member of the Board of Trustees of the Förderstiftung des Universitätsklinikums Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH)
  • Honorary member of the Presidium of the Federation of German Industries (BDI)
  • Member of the Executive Committee of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations
  • Member of the Board of Trustees of the Association of Friends of the National Gallery
  • Member of the supervisory boards of KWS SAAT SE, Berliner Philharmonie and Leipziger Messe and others
  • Member of the Board of Trustees of the Leipzig Bach Archive Foundation
  • Founder of a chair for leadership at the Leipzig Graduate School of Management (HHL) [3]
  • Member of the Board of Trustees and Deputy Chairman of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation [4]
  • Member of the Senate of the Max Planck Society [5]
  • Shareholder and member of the Supervisory Board of Cognos AG

From 2000 to 2005, Oetker was Chairman of the Board of Atlantik-Brücke e. V. [6] and from 1998 to 2013 President of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft.[7] He was also a member of the Trilateral Commission of Europe [8] and President of the German Council on Foreign Relations until June 2019, when he handed over the office to Thomas Enders.[9] In August 2010, Arend Oetker and around 40 other celebrities signed the Energy Policy Appeal for an extension of the operating life of German nuclear power plants.

Opinions

“The USA is governed by 200 families to whom we want to have good relations [...]”
Arend Oetker (2002)  [10]


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/197722 April 197724 April 1977United Kingdom
Imperial Hotel
Torquay		The 25th Bilderberg, held in Torquay, England.
Munich Security Conference/20114 February 20116 February 2011Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 47th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/201612 February 201614 February 2016Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 52nd Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/201717 February 201719 February 2017Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 53rd Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/201812 February 201814 February 2018Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 54th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/201915 February 201917 February 2019Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 55th Munich Security Conference, which included "A Spreading Plague" aimed at "identifying gaps and making recommendations to improve the global system for responding to deliberate, high consequence biological events."
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References

  1. ↑ https://www.manager-magazin.de/unternehmen/die-50-maechtigsten-der-deutschen-wirtschaft-a-a9925481-0002-0001-0000-000025191044
  2. ↑ https://www.artnews.com/art-collectors/top-200-profiles/arendt-oetker-2/#!
  3. ↑ https://www.hhl.de/faculty-research/our-faculty/business-psychology-leadership/
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20070705162229/http://www.fritz-thyssen-stiftung.de/index.php?id=52
  5. ↑ https://whoswho.de/bio/arend-oetker.html
  6. ↑ https://www.atlantik-bruecke.org/die-atlantik-bruecke/vorstand/vorsitzende-der-atlantik-bruecke-seit-1952/
  7. ↑ https://merton-magazin.de/arend-oetker-der-feingeistige-anstifter
  8. ↑ https://swprs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/trilateral-commission-members-2005.pdf
  9. ↑ https://dgap.org/de/gesellschaft/die-gesellschaft/dgapinfo/dr-thomas-enders-ist-neuer-praesident-der-dgap
  10. ↑ https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/ein-whos-who-der-politik-und-wirtschaft-li.7560
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