Gerhard Wendt
 Gerhard Wendt    (engineer, business executive) | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 21 November 1934 Helsinki, Finland | |||||||||||
| Died | 11 January 2010 (Age 75) Turku, Finland | |||||||||||
| Nationality | Finnish | |||||||||||
| Ethnicity | Swedish | |||||||||||
Criminal charge | insider trading | |||||||||||
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Gerhard Martin Harry Wendt was a Finnish engineer and manager. He attended the 1994 Bilderberg meeting as CEO of Kone, a company owned by the Herlin family, Finland's richest, and where several CEOs have attended Bilderberg conferences.
Career
After completing his studies, Wendt conducted research at Wisconsin University in the United States in 1963-64 and was an assistant professor at Western Michigan University in 1964-65. Wendt's area of research at the beginning of his academic trajectory was experimental nuclear physics.https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/helsinki-accelerator-laboratory/research/publications/doctoral-theses</ref>
Returning to Finland, Wendt was production manager at Fiskars in 1965-66, product development manager at Rosenlew in 1966-67 and factory manager there in 1967-70. He joined Kone Oy in 1970 and advanced to board member in 1979 and was CEO from 1989-94.[1]Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag Wendt sat on the board of Technology Group Kyro when the company bought its own shares in the autumn of 2001. Prosecutors believe Gerhard Wendt, a seasoned business professional, illegally advised his wife on two separate stock transactions in 2001.[2] The charges were dismissed in 2007.[3]
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1994 | 2 June 1994 | 5 June 1994 | Finland Helsinki | The 42nd Bilderberg, in Helsinki. |
