1. Berthold Leibinger was a German mechanical engineer, businessman, and philanthropist.
17 Facts About Berthold Leibinger
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Berthold Leibinger was the head of the German company Trumpf, a leader in laser technology, and founder of the non-profit foundation Berthold Leibinger Stiftung.
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Berthold Leibinger served on the advisory board of major companies and was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Stuttgart.
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Berthold Leibinger graduated with Abitur at the Ulrich-von-Hutten Gymnasium in Korntal in 1950.
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Berthold Leibinger started an apprenticeship as a mechanic at Trumpf and then studied mechanical engineering at the Stuttgart Technology University of Applied Sciences.
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Berthold Leibinger successively took over shares of the company and served as technical director from 1966.
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Under the management of Berthold Leibinger, Trumpf became one of the world's largest manufacturers of machine tools, in particular due to the consequent combination of mechanics and electronics.
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Berthold Leibinger was appointed to several important political and economical positions.
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Berthold Leibinger was a member of the supervisory boards of Deutsche Bank and BMW, among other companies.
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Berthold Leibinger was president of the Stuttgart Chamber of Commerce and Industry from 1990 to 1992.
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Berthold Leibinger served in the senate of the University of Stuttgart starting in 2000.
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Berthold Leibinger was a philanthropist with long lasting involvement in German culture.
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Berthold Leibinger was personally involved as chairman of the board of the Schiller-Nationalmuseum and the Deutsches Literaturarchiv in Marbach am Neckar.
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Since 2000, it has awarded the internationally respected Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis and, since 2006, the Berthold Leibinger Zukunftspreis, an innovation prize for applied laser technology.
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Berthold Leibinger received the Preis fur Verstandigung und Toleranz of the Jewish Museum, Berlin, in 2013, and the Aachener Ingenieurpreis in 2014.
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Berthold Leibinger was awarded the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun in 2016.
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Berthold Leibinger's publications, including an autobiography and a dissertation, are held by the German National Library:.