Utz Claassen
Utz Claassen (born on the 7th of May, 1963 in Hanover) is a German manager, management consultant, entrepreneur, investor and author. He has held senior management positions with some of Germany’s most prominent companies, across a number of industry sectors.[1][2]
Claassen finished his high school dimploma (Abitur) after skipping two grades[3] with a numberic average grade of 0.7.[4] As it was the best high school diploma awarded to a student in Germany, he was invited to the German ARD (broadcaster) TV Show "Auf Los geh's los".[5] Claassen studied economics at the University of Hanover and at Oxford University. From 1986 to 1987, he served as the President of all post-graduate students at Magdalen College and of the entire University of Oxford.[6]
Utz Claassen began his career with McKinsey. He then moved to Ford Europe, where he was eventually appointed Director of Research and Development at VW.[1][6] A few days after his 31st birthday, Claassen was then appointed Executive Vice President Finance of SEAT.[7]
From 1997 until 2003 he was the Chairman of the Executive Board and Group CEO of Sartorius AG in Goettingen, Germany.[8] The company is an international pharmaceutical and laboratory equipment supplier.[9]
From 2003 to until 2007 he was CEO/Chairman of the Board of Management of EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, Karlsruhe,Germany.[10] EnBW is a publicly traded electric utilities company headquartered in Karlsruhe,Germany.[9] About 5.4 million customers make EnBW the third-largest utilities company in Germany.[11][12]
From January 2010 until March 2010 he was CEO of Solar Millennium AG. After three months, he utilized the contractually granted right to resign any time within a predefined period of consideration.[13] He stated that he had been given misleading information by Solar Millennium before he accepted the position as CEO.[14] In April 2013, a legal dispute that had evolved around the resignation ended with the legally binding conclusion that Classens resignation was lawful, valid and justified.[15][16]
From 2008 to 2013 he was member of the Supervisory Board of AWD Holding AG.[17][18][19]
From December 2014 - June 2016, Claassen was President of RCD Mallorca.[20][21][22][23] He restructured the club through a strategic reorientation. In January, there was an entry of a US American investor group within the context of a capital increase by more than 20 million euros. it was the first engagement by NBA franchise owners in European soccer.[24][25]
In April 2016, Utz Claassen received from the hands of EU Commissioner Günther Oettinger the award as "Most Innovative Entrepreneur International 2016".[26]
References
- 1 2 "Prof. Dr. Utz Claassen - book as speaker - Speaker Agency londonspeakerbureau.de". www.londonspeakerbureau.de. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
- ↑ (www.dw.com), Deutsche Welle, Talking Germany - Utz Claassen, Writer and former executive | All media content | DW.COM | 08.02.2015, retrieved 2016-08-22
- ↑ Lebert, Stephan (9 July 2007). "Manager: Mann ohne Grenzen". Retrieved 28 August 2016 – via Die Zeit.
- ↑ "Utz Claassen veröffentlicht Roman: Grüne Energie im Überfluss". Retrieved 28 August 2016 – via Sueddeutsche.de.
- ↑ Online, FOCUS. "Karriereauftakt in Rateshow". Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- 1 2 "Utz Claassen Ph.D.: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
- ↑ "Utz Claassen". www.wiwo.de. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
- ↑ Fertmann, Ludger (1999-08-10). "Familienfehde wirbelt Wägetechnik-Spezialist Sartorius durcheinander". Welt Online. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
- 1 2 1471499717, ;. "Solar Millennium AG - Solar Millennium Supervisory Board appoints Prof. Dr. Utz Claassen as new CEO - Archives - Press - Press Releases - Archive 2009". www.solarmillennium.de. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
- ↑ Martens, Peter. "Aus für EnBW-Chef Claassen: "Rambo unter Deutschlands Managern"". sueddeutsche.de (in German). ISSN 0174-4917. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
- ↑ "UPDATE 2-EnBW to become Germany's No.3 gas player in $1.6 bln deal". Reuters. 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
- ↑ https://www.enbw.com/enbw_com/presse/press_docs/common-press-releases/2016/20160321-pr-press-conference-enbw-annual-report-2015.pdf
- ↑ "Utz Claassen, Writer and former executive - guest list - DW.COM - 08.02.2015". Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ↑ www.juve.de, JUVE -. "Vergleich: Solar Millennium-Insolvenzverwalter beendet mit Noerr Streit mit Ex-Chef Claassen « JUVE". Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ↑ "Gehaltsstreit: Claassen einigt sich mit Solar Millennium". Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ↑ Germany, SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg. "Zivilprozess: Claassen und Solar Millennium streben Vergleich an". Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ↑ http://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article1930437/Utz-Claassen-auf-dem-Sprung-in-AWD-Aufsichtsrat.html|title=Utz Claassen auf dem Sprung in AWD Aufsichtsrat|date=2008-04-23|
- ↑ http://www.londonspeakerbureau.com/de/speakers/utz_claassen|Utz Claassen:Business transformation expert, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Syntellix AG|
- ↑ "Utz Claassen: Aufsichtsrat bei AWD? - manager magazin". Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ↑ Ritzer, Uwe. "Fußball in Spanien: Geldsegen aus dem Basketball-Universum für Real Mallorca". Retrieved 28 August 2016 – via Sueddeutsche.de.
- ↑ http://www.11freunde.de/interview/rcd-mallorcas-investor-dr-utz-claassen-im-interview
- ↑ "Utz Claassen Resigns as football manager". 2016-06-12. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
- ↑ "Ehemaliger ENBW-Chef: Utz Claassen tritt auch als Fußball-Manager zurück". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in Deutsch). 2016-06-12. ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
- ↑ "Basketballer Nash übernimmt Klub von Utz Claassen". Retrieved 2016-09-02.
- ↑ "NBA legend Steve Nash and Phoenix Suns owner by Mallorca". Retrieved 2016-07-26.
- ↑ "» Prof. Dr. Utz Claassen gewinnt Sonderpreis „Innovativster Unternehmer International 2016" … Schirmherr Günther H. Oettinger hielt die Laudatio! positiv-magazin". www.positiv-magazin.de. Retrieved 2016-07-25.