Hans Riegel
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Johannes Peter "Hans" Riegel (born 10 March 1923 in Bonn) is a German entrepreneur who has owned and operated confectionery maker Haribo since 1946.[1]
Born in Bonn, he is the oldest son of the company's founder Hans Riegel, Sr. After his A-Levels at the Jesuit boarding school Aloisiuskolleg, he did his doctorate in 1951 at Bonn University with his thesis "The development of the world sugar industry during and after the Second World War".
In 1953, he was elected first president of the German badminton association (Deutscher Badminton-Verband) after he had won the German championship in the men's doubles and mixed doubles (which he did in the following two years, as well). In the same year, he had the first indoors badminton court in Germany (called the ‘Haribo-Center’) built in Bonn.
In 1922, his father, Hans Riegel Sr., invented the Gummi bear.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "The history of HARIBO International". HARIBO. 2010. http://www.haribo.com/planet/us/museum/geschichte/index.html. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
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