Karl-Erivan Haub

Karl-Erivan Haub (March 2, 1960 – disappeared April 7, 2018) was a German-American-Russian billionaire businessman, and the managing director and part owner of Tengelmann Group. He disappeared while mountaineering on April 7, 2018, and was legally declared dead by a German court in May 2021.

Karl-Erivan Haub
Born(1960-03-02)2 March 1960
Tacoma, Washington, United States
DisappearedApril 7, 2018 (aged 58)
Skiing in the Swiss Alps, Klein Matterhorn, Switzerland
StatusDeclared Dead
May 2021
NationalityGerman, American, Russian
Alma materUniversity of St. Gallen (MBA)
Known forCEO and part-owner, Tengelmann Group
Children2
Parents
RelativesChristian Haub (brother)

Life and family

Karl-Erivan Haub was born on March 2, 1960, in Tacoma, Washington. He was the oldest son of Erivan Haub, the former CEO of Tengelmann Group. From 1978 to 1983, Haub studied economics and social sciences at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. At the same time, he was a trainee at Tengelmann Group.

According to Forbes, the Haub family is one of the wealthiest in the world.[1]

Disappearance

Haub was an experienced ski mountaineer. On April 7, 2018, he went training for a skiing tour in Zermatt, Switzerland and did not return, thus being reported as missing.[2] Reportedly, he intended to take part in the Patrouille des Glaciers, the world's biggest ski touring race which starts in Zermatt (respectively in the valley to the west, Arolla), and ends in Verbier. He had been taking part in this 53 km long race for several years.[3]

Following his disappearance, Tengelmann announced that his brother Christian W.E. Haub would be appointed sole CEO of Tengelmann Group effective April 18, 2018.[4]

A week after he went missing, the search was called off and Haub is now presumed dead.[5]

In October 2018, the search was discontinued due to lack of prospects of success.[6]

On May 14, 2021, the district court in Cologne formally declared Haub dead, officially listing his time of death as midnight on April 7, 2018.[7]

However, in May 2023, a report appeared in the German magazine Stern that Haub might have been seen in Moscow in 2021. The magazine refers to CCTV footage obtained from a source in the FSB. According to journalists, the coincidence of appearance is 90%.[8]

Career

Haub worked for Nestlé and McKinsey & Company before joining Tengelmann again. In 2000, Haub became CEO of Tengelmann Group.[9]

See also

References
  1. "#176 Erivan Haub & family - Forbes.com". www.forbes.com. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  2. Editorial, Reuters (10 April 2018). "German retail magnate missing in Alps - reports". reuters.com. Retrieved 16 April 2018. {{cite news}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  3. "Skigebiet am Matterhorn: Tengelmann-Chef Haub wird seit Samstag vermisst". www.handelsblatt.com.
  4. Reuters Editorial. "Tengelmann appoints Christian Haub as sole CEO". U.S. Retrieved 2018-04-18. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  5. Ducharme, Jamie. "Missing Tengelmann Heir Karl-Erivan Haub Presumed Dead". Fortune. Time Inc. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  6. dpa. "Verschollen in den Alpen: Fehlende Erfolgsaussichten: Suche nach Tengelmann-Chef Karl-Erivan Haub eingestellt". shz (in German). Retrieved 2018-12-01.
  7. "Court declares missing German billionaire dead after 3 years". The Seattle Times. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  8. "Karl-Erivan Haub verschwand 2018 am Matterhorn. Recherchen erhärten nun den Verdacht: Er könnte noch leben". Stern (in German). 2023-05-23.
  9. "HSG Alumni - Karl-Erivan W. Haub". Archived from the original on 2010-11-08. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.