Background
He took over his father"s tiny wholesale screw business at 19 and built it into the Adolf Würth Group, which posted record $13 billion in sales in 2013.
university professor Businessperson
He took over his father"s tiny wholesale screw business at 19 and built it into the Adolf Würth Group, which posted record $13 billion in sales in 2013.
Doctor (honorary), University Tubingen. Senator (honorary), University Tubingen.
First apprentice screw trade Wurth Group, Kunzelsau, 1949, head business and management, 1954, chairman advisory board, since 1994. Head Interfacultative Institute Entrepreneurship University Karlsruhe, 1999—2003. Member supervisory board IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG, Dusseldorf.
Shareholder, member board trustees Robert-Bosch Foundation. Chairman advisory board Entrepreneurs Society International Cooperation Baden-Wurttemberg.
Married Carmen Wurth. 3 children.