Background
Starting in 1986, he worked in different positions at Rehau Group, a company founded by his father Helmut Wagner in 1948 in Rehau, Germany.
Starting in 1986, he worked in different positions at Rehau Group, a company founded by his father Helmut Wagner in 1948 in Rehau, Germany.
After attending schools in Canada, Germany and Switzerland, Jobst Wagner graduated in law (licjur) from the University of Bern.
Jobst Wagner has three adult children. As president of the supervisory board of the Rehau group, he leads a worldwide group of companies with approximately 18,000 employees in more than 50 countries. The independent, privately held company operates around the globe as a system manufacturer of polymer-based solutions for the construction, automotive and industry sector.
The REHAU Group has also a subsidiary, which produces appliances for the medical industry.
RAUMEDIC celebrating 10th anniversary The StrategieDialog21 (SD21) sees itself as a dialogue platform with a focus on federally-liberal values and derived strategic approaches and impulses for Switzerland. At the company’s corporate headquarter in Rehau, Germany, Wagner is making art accessible to employees and the public with the Rehau Art gallery, which organizes various events and exhibitions.
One such exhibition displays woodcarvings by the Swiss artist Franz Gertsch. Wagner also supports a large number of cultural institutions in Switzerland.
Together with the Hochfranken business initiative he also supports the International Film Festival Hof.
Honors and 9.
Jobst Wagner is also one of the largest shareholders of the SMH Verlag AG and is member of the Supervisory Board. Amongst others, he is the president of the Kunsthalle Bern foundation, member of the foundation board for the Bern Kunstmuseum and GegenwART foundation, as well as advisory board member of the Bern University of the Arts.