lawyer manufacturing executive
Ethnicity:
His mother, Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler, was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, and grew up in Vienna, Austria.
Georg Schaeffler was born on October 19, 1964 in Erlangen. His father, Georg Schaeffler, was the founder of the Schaeffler Group. His mother, Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler, took over the Schaeffler Group in 1996, following the death of her husband.
After finishing school in 1984 in Herzogenaurach, Georg F. W. Schaeffler served two years in the German armed forces (lieutenant in the Air Force reserves).
From 1986 to 1990, he studied business at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland and obtained the "lic. oec. HSG" degree.
In 1996, Georg F. W. Schaeffler began to study law at Duke University's School of Law in Durham, North Carolina (USA) and, in 2000, he obtained the combined degree of Juris Doctor (cum laude) and Master of Law in international and comparative law.
Between 1990 and 1996, Georg F. W. Schaeffler worked in various functions in the Schaeffler Group, including duties in Germany and in the U.S.
After completing his studies, Georg F. W. Schaeffler worked for some years as a business lawyer in one of the largest law firms in the southwestern part of the United States of America.
In 2009 joined the company and helped his mother in running the Schaeffler Group.
Now Georg Schaeffler is the head of the supervisory board of Schaeffler Group and a member of the supervisory board of Continental AG. The richest German, he owns 80% of umbrella company INA Holding Schaeffler GmbH & Co. KG.
Member of American Bar Association.
Schaeffler likes solitude and explains it in such a way: “If you have the background that I have, you, by your very nature, don’t have a lot of friends. Because you’re always—in the back of your mind, there’s always this ‘Okay, is it your background or is it you?’”
When he was spending his second summer at the firm t no one there really knew who they were working with. He was just another associate. Working silly hours. Coming in on the weekends. Schaeffler explains his appetite for such tough stuff: “There are people who are born with this money who don’t have that desire to have a purpose. Who don’t need to feel this sense of accomplishing something on your own. I need to have this sense that I am doing something. I can’t just sit there and then, well, by 11 o’clock it’s time to get up and we’ll start with a double scotch or something like that.”
Physical Characteristics:
Height: 176 cm
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Light Blue
Weight: 78 kilo
Georg Schaeffler is divorced. Has 4 children.
