Jobst Wagner
Jobst Wagner ( born February 20, 1959 in Rehau; homeland justified in Bern ) is a Swiss entrepreneur.
Life
After attending school in Canada, Germany and Switzerland Jobst Wagner studied from 1979 to 1985 Law at the University of Bern and graduated with a licentiate. From 1986 on he held different positions at the polymer processor Rehau, which had been founded in 1948 by his father Helmut Wagner in the Upper Franconian Rehau. In 2000, this handed over the reins to his two sons Jobst and Veit Wagner. The Business Magazine balance sheet estimates the assets of the Wagner family as part of the list of the 300 richest people in Switzerland to 800 to 900 million francs.
Jobst Wagner has three grown children and lives in Muri bei Bern.
Entrepreneur
As President of the Board of Rehau Group, he directs a group with around 17,000 employees in more than 70 countries. The traditional family is an active system manufacturer of polymer-based solutions in the construction, automotive and industry around the globe.
Wagner is co-founder of the " business initiative Hochfranken ". The aim of the merger is to create greater awareness of the region, to increase the attractiveness and to improve the contact between businesses and population.
He is also a Board of Directors of SMH Publishers Inc., which publishes the magazine Swiss author month.
Patronage
At the headquarters Rehau in Upper Franconia Wagner makes with the Kunsthalle " Rehau type " and there changing events and exhibitions, the art staff and the public. For example, woodcuts by Franz Gertsch has been exhibited in Rehau.
Wagner supports a variety of cultural institutions in Switzerland. Among other things, he is president of the Kunsthalle Bern Foundation, board member of the Kunstmuseum Bern and the presence Foundation and Advisory Board member of the Bern University of Arts. Together with the " business initiative Hochfranken » Wagner supports the Hof International Film Festival. Furthermore, it promotes the Swiss Book Prize with Franken annually 10,000.