Hanni Toosbuy Kasprzak

Hanni Toosbuy Kasprzak (born 1957) is a Danish billionaire, the owner and chair of ECCO, the Danish shoe company which was founded by her father in 1963.

Hanni Toosbuy Kasprzak
Born
Hanni Toosbuy

1957
NationalityDanish
Known forOwner and chair of ECCO
Net worthUS$2.8 billion (November 2015)[1]
Board member ofSydbank
Spouse(s)Dieter Kasprzak
Children2: André and Anna
Parent(s)Karl Toosbuy

Early life

Hanni Toosbuy was born in 1957.[1] Her father, Karl Toosbuy, founded ECCO in 1963.[1]

Career

Kasprzak joined ECCO on completing her school education. When she was only 21, she complied with her father's request to work in quality control in India. "I spent more than a year there," she explained. "Learning at the factory level is possibly the best way to understand a business."[2] After India, she went to Germany but returned to Denmark in 1997 as ECCO chairman.[3]

Since March 2014, she has also been a member of Sydbank's advisory board.[3]

Personal life

Toosbuy is married to Dieter Kasprzak, who has served as ECCO's president since 2004. Their son, André, is a golfer and their daughter, Anna, practices dressage.[1]

References
  1. "#690 Hanni Toosbuy Kasprzak". Forbes. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  2. "Hanni Toosbuy Kasprzak and Dieter Kasprzak" (PDF). EY: Global Family Business Center of Excellence. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  3. "Hanni Toosbuy Kasprzak". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
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