Having recently turned 70, Prof Dr Jörg Sennheiser is handing the chair of the supervisory board of Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co KG to Dr Frank Heinricht. Taking effect in January 2015, the move places the management of the company into the hands of the third Sennheiser generation.
‘Dr Heinricht has a profound technical expertise and brings experience in managing large family-owned companies to his new role. We are very happy that he is taking over as chairman of the supervisory board of the Sennheiser Group,’ said Daniel and Andreas Sennheiser, CEOs and shareholders of Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co KG.
Heinricht has been Chairman of the Board of Management of Schott AG since 2013 and became a member of the supervisory board of Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG five years ago.
‘My goal has been to pass a healthy, thriving company on to the next generation,’ says Jörg Sennheiser. ‘The company’s independence is our most precious asset,’ said Jörg Sennheiser. ‘The family is committed to pursuing its strategy without any influence from third parties, a strategy that focuses on absolute customer orientation, technical innovation and first-class quality. This is an aim I have always pursued, and it is the basis of the decades of success that we have enjoyed and will enjoy in the future.’
Jörg Sennheiser became Sennheiser’s Director of Technology in 1976 before taking over management of the family business as executive shareholder in 1982. During this time, the company became an internationally successful brand. This involved setting up new manufacturing facilities in Ireland and the US, while expanding production in Germany. Concurrently, Sennheiser internationalised its sales organisation. As a result of this growth, Sennheiser today has more than 2,500 employees across the globe and is active in more than 60 countries.
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