Werner Baldessarini

Werner Baldessarini ( born January 23, 1945 in Kufstein, Tyrol) is a manager, fashion designer and former CEO of Hugo Boss AG.

Named after him, founded in 1993, men's fashion brand Baldessarini exists - since the end of 2007 but without Werner Baldessarini - until now.

Career

Baldessarinis grandparents were of Italian descent, his father was an Austrian textile merchant, his mother was born in Nuremberg. Baldessarini, who is called by his friends ' Rini ', grew up in Munich and began an apprenticeship after his high-school diploma with 16 years as a textile merchant in Munich men's fashion store Hirmer. Thereafter, Baldessarini buyers at Haberdasher car Heimer in Munich, where he was promoted to Managing Director in 1971.

Hugo Boss

1975 began working as a designer at Hugo Boss. The then - owner boss Uwe Holy Baldessarini had met through car Heimer. In Hugo Boss Baldessarini was appointed in 1988 to the Board, which he also initiated from 1998.

Under the leadership of then CEO Peter Littmann and Baldessarinis leadership as chief designer in 1993 was named after him high-priced luxury label for the more mature gentleman Baldessarini Hugo Boss introduced top brand. Likewise, in 1993 the youthful label HUGO was first presented. Under Baldessarinis line as boss boss's sportswear label Boss Orange was (1998) and the first few successful women's fashion line boss woman (2000) introduced. Baldessarini 2002 was replaced in his position as CEO of Hugo Boss by Bruno Salzer and joined the Supervisory Board of the company, which he served until 2005. 2004 Baldessarini was spun off as a subsidiary of the Hugo Boss AG and its headquarters were transferred from Metzingen to Munich.

Ahlers

In early 2006, announced the Hugo Boss AG intention to sell the niche brand Baldessarini. August 23, 2006 Hugo Boss sold the textile area of Baldessarini (or Baldessarini GmbH & Co KG and Baldessarini Design und Verwaltungs GmbH, based in Munich) to Werner Baldessarini. In Hugo Boss Baldessarini portfolio was due to the somewhat lower positioned premium brand Boss Selection (already launched end of 2003) replaced. On August 24, 2006 Baldessarini turn sold his namesake brand for an estimated purchase price of 6-9 million Euros to the Ahlers AG in Herford. Since the end of 2007, the brand Baldessarini is performed without Werner Baldessarini, even though he originally was supposed to act as a consultant until 2012. He was appointed to the board of the Austrian hosiery manufacturer Wolford end of 2010.

Private

Werner Baldessarini lives with his wife Cathrin ( b. 1963 ), whom he married in 1995 in Kitzbühel.