Alexander Fackelmann headed the fortunes of the Fackelmann family business for 30 years.

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During this period, turnover has increased tenfold to almost 400 million euros.

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"My two biggest current issues are digitisation and sustainability.”

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A clever acquisition strategy - in the last ten years Fackelmann has bought 18 companies - has expanded its global presence.

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Today, many well-known brands can be found under the Fackelmann roof: Nirosta, Zenker, Stanley Rogers...

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...Fackelmann Ecolution, Dr. Oetker.

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Now the 64-year-old is handing over operational responsibility to a non-family CEO.

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Nov 28, 2020 Editorials

The ultimate value storage.

Dear Readers, what keeps its value? This question not only concerns our network, it was also omnipresent at the Lerbach round. The large states have apparently exceeded the "point of no return" due to the Corona rescue measures, up to which they were able to control their debt burden without the…

Klaus Meitinger, Moritz Eckes

Jun 08, 2020 Editorials

Courage. Confidence. Confidence.

Dear Readers, Of course the next few months will be tough. No question about that. But we don't have the impression that family businesses are emerging from our network. On the contrary. We hear sentences like: Take responsibility, decide, follow through. It's fantastic how the employees go along…

Klaus Meitinger, Moritz Eckes

Apr 03, 2020 Editorials

Insecure times.

Dear readers,at private wealth, it is our goal to present investors and entrepreneurs on our homepage only with information that is highly relevant to this target group.In order to support you in your investment decisions in these turbulent times, we publish, for example, the results of models that…

Klaus Meitinger

Nov 25, 2019 Editorials

Cargo chic.

Entrepreneurship. The Wong family in Papeete, Tahiti, has developed a very special business model out of necessity. Their Compagnie Polynésienne de Transport Maritime combines passenger and cargo shipping, heading for two unusual destinations in the South Pacific: the remote Marquesas Islands,…

Dr. Günter Kast

Nov 25, 2019 Editorials

Herculean task.

In the chart above, only CO2 emissions from the fossil fuels coal, oil and gas are listed. If other sources such as cement production or cattle breeding were also taken into account, they would be around ten percent higher. Source: BP Stop climate change. Climate change is a global problem - and…

Hanns J. Neubert und Ludger Wess

Feb 10, 2021 News from the editorial

Will 2021 be a top stock year?

Dear Readers, Over the past month, we have virtually visited a dozen annual outlooks from…

Klaus Meitinger

Feb 08, 2021 News from the editorial

Is inflation coming back?

Dear Readers, Over the past month, we have virtually visited a dozen annual outlooks from…

Klaus Meitinger

Feb 03, 2021 News from the editorial

Economic boom in 2021?

Dear Readers, Over the past month, we have virtually visited a dozen annual outlooks from…

Klaus Meitinger

Feb 02, 2021 News from the editorial

Seismograph remains relaxed.

Dear Readers, Disappointments over slow vaccine deliveries and, above all, fears of hedge…

Klaus Meitinger

Jan 29, 2021 News from the editorial

Further development of the private-wealth stock market indicator.

Dear Readers, According to the ifo Business Cycle Clock, the German economy is moving…

Klaus Meitinger

Jan 19, 2021 News from the editorial

Reality check: Seismograph passes litmus test.

Dear Readers, For more than two years now, we have been regularly informing you about…

Klaus Meitinger

Nov 28, 2020 News from the editorial