Career
He was chairman of the board of directors and Chief Executive Officer of the chemical and pharmaceutical company Cassella from 1964, chairman of its supervisory board and chairman of the supervisory board of Riedel-de Haën. After obtaining a doctoral degree in chemistry at the Goethe University Frankfurt and briefly working at the firm Kalle & Company in Biebrich, he was employed at Cassella on 1 July 1922. As its long-time production manager he had a central role in rebuilding the company during the early Cold War.
He succeeded Werner Zerweck as chairman of the board of directors (Chief Executive Officer) in 1964.
He later also became chairman of the supervisory board of Riedel-de Haën and chairman of the supervisory board of Cassella. He was a co-inventor of several patents.
