Hugo Mann

Hugo Man (born 17 November 1913 in Laupheim to Ulm, † December 20, 2008 in Baden -Baden ) was a German entrepreneur.

Life

Man made initially as a carpenter in the operation of his grandfather. In 1938 he opened his first furniture store in the Imperial Passage Karlsruhe. In 1950, the man in the imperial road the first furniture store. The deal was especially successful because the company delivered the goods to your home. In 1958 he opened in Karlsruhe, Durlacher Allee on the first value purchase consumer market. In the 1960s, man expanded throughout Germany. At this time, man acquired the site at the wine route, the American model he made one of the first entrepreneurs to a mall for furniture. Here, in 1961, the administration was located at the Durlacher Allee.

In 1970 he opened in Karlsruhe Mobilia the first man. Shortly afterwards openings in Wiesbaden and Mannheim. Man, who had settled in Baden -Baden, in 1989 withdrew from the management. Chairman of the Board, his son Johannes Mann. 1997 value buying was sold for 500 million U.S. dollars ( 1.5 billion DM ) to the U.S. retail chain Wal -Mart. In July 2005, Mann Mobilia was sold for 240 million U.S. dollars to the Austrian Lutz Group.

Family

He was with Rosemarie, daughter of the founder of Photo Porst, Hanns Porst, married.