Hans Riegel

Hans Riegel
Hans Riegel
Born (1923-03-10)10 March 1923
Bonn, Germany
Died 15 October 2013(2013-10-15) (aged 90)
Nationality German
Occupation Entrepreneur
Years active 1946–2013
Known for Owned and operated the confectioner Haribo

Johannes Peter "Hans" Riegel (10 March 1923 – 15 October 2013)[1][2] was a German entrepreneur who owned and operated the confectioner Haribo since 1946.[3]

Born in Bonn, he was the oldest son of the company's founder Hans Riegel, Sr., who invented the gummy bear in 1922.[3] The name of the company, Haribo, comes from the first two letters of his name and where he was from (HANS RIEGEL BONN).[4] After his graduation from 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".[5]

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. In 1954 and 1955 he won the mixed doubles title. In the same year, he organized the construction of the first indoor badminton court in Germany, called the Haribo-Centre, in Bonn.

Riegel owned the Jakobsburg Hotel and Golf resort near Boppard in the Rhine Valley in Germany.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Haribo-Chef Hans Riegel gestorben, focus.de, October 15, 2013)
  2. ↑ Hans Riegel obituary
  3. 1 2 "The history of HARIBO International". HARIBO. 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  4. ↑ "Hans Riegel". Wikipedia (in German). 2016-12-02.
  5. ↑ Bettina Grosse de Cosnac: Die Riegels. Bastei Lübbe 2003, ISBN 978-3-404-61584-1
  6. ↑ jakobsberg.de


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