Heinz Hermann Thiele
Heinz Hermann Thiele is a German billionaire businessman, chairman of Knorr-Bremse, a German brakes maker, and chairman of Vossloh a German transport technology manufacturer.
- Heinz Hermann Thiele‘s Knorr-Bremse AG is the world’s leading manufacturer of braking systems for rail and commercial vehicles.
- Coming from modest means and working his way through law school, Thiele joined the firm’s legal department in the late 1960s and took over control in the mid-1980s.
- He withdrew from the operational side of the business in 2007, chaired the supervisory board and was named honorary chairman in March 2016.
- Son Henrik, who was supposed to join Knorr-Bremse‘s board in July of 2015, suddenly left the company due to differences with his father.
- Thiele also owns 45% of railroad equipment maker Vossloh; he left his position as head of the company’s advisory board in 2017.
