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HHL Foundation
Established as Kramerstiftung in 1887
Promote HHL!
With your support, the HHL Foundation ensures the continuous development of our high-performance university, our projects, and our main research areas. Every contribution counts and contributes directly to the success of our university with its outstanding students, professors and staff.
Prof. Dr. Tobias Dauth
Dean | HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management
Become a Donor
We support HHL in expanding and improving its high-performance teaching and investment projects. Join the HHL Foundation and help shape HHL for the long term. Your contribution can be directed to an area or topic you specify, and you can be involved in all developments if you desire.
Help us maintain a long term growth at HHL, providing future business leaders that create sustainable standing in our society. Help us to drive the excellent work at HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management. A small donation is valuable already. Each month we will present the Donor of the Month on this web page. He or she will be chosen from all donors of the running month. We are looking forward to your support!
Donate directly via PayPal to info@hhl-stiftung.de.
Our Donors of the Month
Dr. Bernhard Lambernd
Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers | HHL alumnus PMSc1 & Doctoral Program
The excellent education at HHL, the focus of research and teaching on relevant topics, and the strong alumni ties make HHL a special university for me. To this day, my studies in Leipzig represent the foundation of my education and enable me to solve complex business issues in a professional context. I am therefore happy to support HHL and hope to contribute to the further successful development of the university.
W. Holger Schmidt
Accountant, addVALUE audit&tax Leipzig GmbH | HHL alumnus K13/K14
Connected to the region in a globalized world. HHL opens up opportunities.
Prof. Dr. Kai Thürbach
Entrepreneur / Professor of Corporate Management and Entrepreneurship at TH Cologne, Germany | HHL alumnus Doctoral Program
HHL is a great entrepreneurial university. The foundation for my entrepreneurial career was laid here. The close contact between alumni, with professors and especially with other HHL entrepreneurs is something very special. HHL is the oldest “business school” in Germany and, with its lived values, provides orientation in a dynamic world. I hope that many generations of students after us will be able to benefit from this.
About us
The HHL Foundation’s day-to-day activities are directed by its board, chaired by Dr. Gerd Robertz and with Prof. Winfried Pinninghoff, Hanns-Christian Ehret und Dr. Conrad Freiherr von Stechow as vice-chairs.
The deciding body is a board of trustees consisting of the founder (Chamber of Commerce and Industry Leipzig) and representatives of companies and institutions which make significant contributions to the foundation.
Board of the HHL Foundation (from left to right):
Dr. Conrad Freiherr von Stechow, Dr. Gerd Robertz (Chair), Prof. Dr. Georg Milbradt, Prof. Winfried Pinninghoff, Hanns-Christian Ehret
History
Only jointly we cope with the challenges of the future!
This was what a group of Leipzig merchants thought and so they founded their own guild in 1278, the Leipziger Kramerinnung. The guild played a formative role in the development of Leipzig as an economic region and, when it broke up in 1887, the newly established Chamber of Commerce Leipzig used the guild’s wealth to create a new and strong institution, the Kramer Foundation. Right from the outset, the foundation set itself the goal of shaping the future: the interest generated by the founding capital was to be used to promote commercial education and training in the Leipzig region.
In 1927 and as the world economic crisis began to develop, the original Kramer Foundation was dissolved. After the Second World War, political obstacles prevented a re-activation, and so it was not until 1991 that the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Leipzig re-established the foundation, basing it on the pre-war model.
The result was the “new” Kramer Foundation, a foundation under civil law, based in Leipzig. Just like its predecessor, the foundation originates from the notion that an economy can only be as strong as the next generation of leaders that it produces. That is why the Kramer Foundation’s sole purpose is to promote the stability and the development of HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Germany’s oldest business school.
To establish a clear relation between the Kramer Foundation and HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management the traditional Kramer Foundation was renamed in HHL Foundation in 2017. As before, the Foundation’s purpose lies in the sustainable support of HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management.
How well we master the challenges of tomorrow heavily depends on the skills of future generations.
Prof. Dr. Georg Milbradt
Honorary Chair of the HHL Foundation
Ludwig Trippen Medal
The HHL Foundation awards the “Ludwig Trippen Medal” at regular intervals to honor personalities who have rendered outstanding support to the idea of the HHL Foundation.
The medal lent its name from Dr. Dr. h.c. Ludwig Trippen. As the founding rector of the re-established Leipzig Graduate School of Management, he raised substantial financial contributions to build up the university and made the university’s new start possible by establishing a network of supporters from academia and business. In addition, Dr. Dr. h.c. Trippen very generously supported the university and the Kramer Foundation (now HHL Foundation) from his personal assets. With this medal, the HHL Foundation honors this extraordinary commitment. Furthermore, the award of the “Ludwig Trippen Medal” preserves the memory of this great supporter of the university.
Prof. Dr. Herbert Henzler
During the founding phase of the new HHL, Professor Henzler made an outstanding contribution to the successful start of the university through his personal commitment as well as the valuable support of McKinsey & Company.
With this medal, the HHL Foundation honors his contribution to the establishment of one of Europe’s leading management universities here in Leipzig.
Support us!
Your support to the HHL Foundation helps in many ways:
- It contributes to making our society more successful.
- It helps the next generation of managers learn to take on responsibility.
- It ensures that your personal success story has a lasting impact.
Participate in the HHL Foundation and help shape HHL for the long term. Your contribution can be directed to an area or topic you specify, and you can be involved in all developments if you desire.
- support teaching and research directly by financing a chair at HHL
- (co)finance research projects
- fund HHL development projects
- provide scholarships for HHL students
We would be delighted to discuss further details with you in a personal meeting.
PayPal and Bank details
We very much appreciate endowments to the HHL Foundation (in German: HHL-Stiftung) of HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management.
Donate now easy and secure online via PayPal: info@hhl-stiftung.de
Or use one of the following two bank accounts:
Account name: HHL-Stiftung
Bank: Deutsche Bank AG
IBAN: DE90 8607 0000 0171 9913 00
BIC (SWIFT CODE): DEUTDE8LXXX
Purpose of payment: Endowment
Account name: HHL-Stiftung
Bank: Sparkasse Leipzig
IBAN DE63 8605 5592 1100 1114 80
BIC (SWIFT CODE): WELADE8LXXX
Purpose of payment: Endowment
For your information: To send you a confirmation of your endowment we need your complete name and postal address. Please send the information to info@hhl-stiftung.de. Thank you.
We are grateful to the HHL Foundation donors:
Companies and organizations
- Alte Leipziger Lebensversicherung aG, Oberursel
- b&m management, Zurich, Switzerland
- Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG, Munich
- Beatrice Deutschland GmbH, Paderborn
- BGH Edelstahlwerke GmbH, Freital
- BMW AG, Werk Leipzig
- Bueromoebel Mueller Sachsen GmbH, Leipzig
- Cargill GmbH, Krefeld
- Chamber of Commerce and Industry Leipzig
- CosiFan Computersysteme GmbH, Leipzig
- Deloitte & Touche GmbH, Leipzig
- Deutsche Bahn AG, Berlin
- Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt/Main
- Deutsche Bundesbank Hauptverwaltung Leipzig
- Deutsche Industriebank AG, Leipzig
- Dow Olefinverbund GmbH, Schkopau
- Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart
- E. Breuninger GmbH & Co., Leipzig
- Ernst & Young AG, Berlin
- Festo AG & Co. KG, Esslingen-Berkheim
- Festo Corporation, Hauppage (New York), USA
- Goldman, Sachs & Co. oHG, Frankfurt/Main
- Henkel KGaA, Duesseldorf
- HL komm Telekommunikations GmbH, Leipzig
- IMMO100 Gesellschaft mbH, Leipzig
- Kinowelt GmbH, Leipzig
- KODA Stanz- und Biegetechnik GmbH, Dortmund
- Kommunale Wasserwerke Leipzig GmbH Kreiskrankenhaus Greiz GmbH, Greiz/Thuringia
- Martens & Prahl Versicherungskontor GmbH, Leipzig
- Merkur Bank KGaA
- Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden
- PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, Frankfurt/Main
- Randstad Deutschland, Eschborn
- Robert Bosch GmbH, Gerlingen-Schillerhoehe
- Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, Munich
- Sachsen Bank (former Sachsen LB), Leipzig
- Siemens AG, Leipzig
- Stadt- und Kreissparkasse Leipzig
- Stadtwerke Leipzig GmbH
- Telefonanlagenbau Spanka GmbH, Schkeuditz
- TOM TAILOR Holding AG, Hamburg
- UNIPLAN International GmbH & Co KG, Kerpen
- Veolia Wasser GmbH, Leipzig
- VNG Verbundnetz Gas Aktiengesellschaft, Leipzig
- Wachsonian GmbH, Leipzig
- Weber Rohrleitungsbau GmbH & Co. KG
- WIPConceptWinfriedPinninghoff, Leipzig
- Wohnungsgenossenschaft Transport eG
We are grateful to BDO AG Wirtschaftspruefungsgesellschaft, Leipzig,
for its pro bono support.
Alumni
- Adrian Kreller, Berlin
- Alexander Perske, Barsbüttel
- Alexander Sonntag
- Alexander von Reden, Leipzig
- André Rothe, Stuttgart
- Andreas, Björn, Martin (K13)
- Andreas Frisch, Frankfurt/Main
- Anja Ritchie, Frankfurt
- Christian Pfingsten, Duesseldorf
- Christoph Stancke, Hamburg
- Ciarán O’Leary, Munich
- Clemens Graf zu Castell-Castell, Castell
- Daniel Kirchhof, Leipzig
- Daniel Theuerkauf, London
- Dr. Alfred Oetker, Bielefeld
- Dr. Burkhart Eymer, Luebeck
- Dr. Christian Carl Kauffmann, Hamburg
- Dr. Christian Elsner, Leipzig
- Dr. Christiane Springer, Leipzig
- Dr. Elmar Günther, Darmstadt
- Dr. Emilio Matthaei, Oxford
- Dr. Gerd und Nicola Robertz
- Dr. Johannes Graßmann, Dachau
- Dr. Kerstin Faaß & Tobias Fehre, Frankfurt/Main
- Dr. Matthias Afting, Krailling
- Dr. Michael Rau, Frankfurt/Main
- Dr. Niklas Darijtschuk, Verl
- Dr. Philipp Päuser, Berlin
- Dr. Vivek Velamuri, MBA class of 2006, Leipzig
- Dr. Wolfgang Gänswein, Düsseldorf
- Familie Detlev von Plato, Heiligenthal/Lueneburg
- Felix Ludwig (K3)
- Florian Kielhorn, Hamburg
- Frank Wilhelmi, Heidelberg
- Franz Koch, Berlin
- Friedrich von Ploetz, Berlin
- Heiko Mittelhamm
- Henrike Simon
- Hubertus Scherer jun., Hannover
- in memoriam Florian Zinsmeister, Straubing
- Ivy League Organizing Team 2006 / K20
- Ivy League Organizing Team 2007 / K21 & M.Sc.1
- Janes Grotelüschen, München
- Jürgen Eschment
- K13 of HHL
- K19 of HHL
- Kai Schultz, Erlangen
- Katharina Rosenbohm, Frankfurt/Main
- Lars Wulfken, Hamburg
- Lutz Kregel, Frankfurt am Main
- Marco Minnerup, Oberursel
- Marco Ziemski, Gütersloh
- Markus Schmitt, Bad Soden
- Markus Weber
- Michael Odenthal, München
- Michael Petersen, Leipzig
- Michael Veit, Munich
- Nadim Iraki, Berlin
- Nico Mateew, Leipzig
- Oliver Beckel, Leipzig
- P2 of HHL
- Peter Albert, Dresden
- Peter Dorsch, Leipzig
- Philipp Joas, München
- René Brembach, Berlin
- Roland Drapatz, Hamburg
- Roland Hauke, Hannover
- Sebastian Just, Munich
- Tatiana & Sebastian Steusloff, Frankfurt/Main
- The Terboven Family, Rheinberg
- The Uhlig Family, Oberursel
- Thomas Butzlaff, Berlin
- Thorsten Becker, Hamburg
Other private supporters
- Anja Nietzschmann, Taucha
- Bernhard Walter, Frankfurt/Main
- Bettina Kudla, Leipzig
- Christian Freiherr von Humboldt-Dachroeden
- Dr. Alois & Antonella Waldburg-Zeil, Leipzig
- Dr. Andreas Schmidt, Berlin
- Dr. Arend Oetker, Berlin
- Dr. Hans-Dietrich Winkhaus, Duesseldorf
- Dr. Hans-Paul Bürkner, Frankfurt/Main
- Dr. Johannes Habbig, Bergisch Gladbach
- Dr. Judith Marquardt, Halle (Saale)
- Dr. jur. Dr. h. c. Ludwig Trippen, Muenster
- Dr. Nikolaus Petersen, Leipzig
- Dr. Norbert Emmerich, Muenster
- Dr. Siegfried Luther, Guetersloh
- Hajo Graf Vitzthum, Lüneburg
- Hans-Peter Wehner, Cologne
- Harald & Nicola Lehmkuehler, Warendorf
- Irena Tomys, Mirkow
- Karl Kolle, Dortmund
- Ludwig-Ferdinand Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Bad Laasphe
- Meike Wachs, Leipzig
- Peter Krakow, Leipzig
- Petra Spanka, Leipzig
- Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart
- Prof. Dr. Andreas Suchanek, Berlin
- Prof. Dr. Bernhard & Gisela Schwetzler, Leipzig
- Prof. Dr. Christian Milow, Kronberg
- Prof. Dr. Dieter J. Pommerening, Hamburg
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Hans Wiesmeth, Leipzig
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Karl-Heinz Forster, Frankfurt/Main
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Heribert Meffert, Muenster
- Prof. Dr. Dr. Helmut Sihler, Poertschach am Woerthersee, Austria
- Prof. Dr. Gert Assmus, Hanover (New Hampshire), USA
- Prof. Dr. Hans Göschel, Leipzig
- Prof. Dr. Kathrin Moeslein, Leipzig
- Prof. Winfried & Ute Pinninghoff, Luedinghausen
- Silvia & Harald Hungenberg, Lich
- Stephan Schroeter, Leipzig
- The Dr. Enders Family, Bornheim