Isolde Liebherr

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

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

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. "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. 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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