| Capital: | € 1 billion |
|---|---|
| Age: | 81 |
| Born: | 10/22/1938 |
| Country of origin: | Germany |
| Source of wealth: | Entrepreneurs in the food industry |
| Last updated: | 2020 |
Short introduction
Claus HIPP was born in Munich on October 22, 1938 under the name Nikolaus Joseph Hipp.
After graduating from Ludwigsgymnasium, he studied the law at Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. His father Georg founded a baby food manufacturing company in 1932, where Claus HIPP accepted his responsibility in 1964. Because the Father died in 1967, he became the Managing Director of the HIPP company in Pfaffenhofen an der ilm at the age of 29 years. HIPP is now a leader in making baby food.
Early Life
As the second child of 7 children, Claus HIPP grew up in a middle class family in Munich.
He attended high school, which he left in 1959 when he graduated from high school. It became clear from the start that he had various interests. On the one hand, he studied Russian, but at the same time received lessons in playing Oboe. During his training in the art school in Munich he became the main student of Heinrich Kropp. He actually wants to be an artist. However, he began studying the law in 1960 and his wife’s doctorate.
In 1932 The Pastor Georg founded the HIPP company, which was the first to produce baby porridge. So Claus’s son has an initial insight about this industry, which will determine his later professional life. In 1956, a small family business became a company for the production of the baby food industry. In early 1959, canning was replaced by Hippp Glass, which was still known today and was far more hygienic. Ties with nature and desire for sustainability have rooted in the HIPP family for years and has resulted in raw materials for production now from ecologically managed land. It lay the foundation for the values of the HIPP company.
Career
Georg HIPP died in 1967 and his son Claus took over management. In the Spirit of the Father, he lives with an ecological idea and travels to farmers around him to win it for organic farming. The plan is to work and the number of areas that are organically cultivated. At present there are more than 8,000 organic farmers who are contracted with HIPP companies. The HIPP company processes the number of raw materials produced by the largest organically in the world. The level of awareness has grown outside the German border and the name Hippop is mainly standing in Europe and China for high-quality natural organic baby food. The current range consists of around. 400 products and constantly expanded. This is how the production of companies in Germany, Croatia, Austria, Russia, Switzerland, Ukraine, Hungary appears. Because the environment and natural conservation play a very important role for Claus HIPP, he introduced an environmental management system in 1995 based on gold guidelines.
The result is a 97% recycling rate of all waste produced during production. The location of Germany, Austria, Hungary and Croatia can be operated neutral for the climate. Water consumption and energy can be reduced by more than half. HIPP also has a pioneer position in environmental technology. Claus HIPP has brought one of the most famous and most successful German food manufacturers with its business ideas. He called Bio Pioneer.
Career spotlight.
Claus HIPP does not have a shortage of awards. For the service to the environment, he received many awards, including the first cross-class from the Order of the German Federal Republic in 1995 or 2016, the only German company, “European business award for the environment”, given by the European Commission. In 2017 he was awarded a gift “Ökologia” by the Minister of Environment Rhineland-Palatinate for his attitude and commitment to ecology. Prime Minister Baden-Württemberg Wilfried Kretschmann respects him with a German CSR award for his life work in 2018.
Famous quotes
Quotes from Claus HIPP are known everywhere in television advertising “in the best organic quality.
That’s what I struck for my name. “With this he creates trust in his products from organic farming and personally stands behind his company.
He also said: “Bicycles save time and health trains!”. Claus HIPP does not require a status symbol. During his time as president of the industrial room and trade he went to the state reception in his bicycle.
Success tips
“The best of nature. The best for nature”. This is the Hipp prescription for success.
Only defective raw materials from processed ecological cultivation.
In addition, there is sustainability in dealing with nature, economics and employees.
Protection of natural resources and careful environmental handling secures our future. Dealing with respect and fair with suppliers and customers, as well as attention and social cooperation with labor is an integral part of the success of HIPP. Claus Hipp is a devout Catholic that is a motto that is always more successful in the long term than cruelty. He remained down to earth and still lived on the farm in Pfaffenhofen, where he grew up.
