Horst Julius Pudwill
- Horst Julius Pudwill is the cofounder and chairman of Techtronic Industries, a Hong Kong-based manufacturer of power tools and floor-care products.
- The company produces the iconic vacuum cleaner Hoover, which many people use as a verb (such as in the phrase “hoover the carpet”).
- Pudwill was an engineer at Volkswagen in Germany before transferring to Hong Kong in the mid-1970s to become a general manager.
- Techtronic started in 1978 and today it is one of the world’s largest makers of power tools and equipment.
- He continues to oversee Techtronic’s operations alongside his heir and only child, Stephan, as well as the company’s chief executive, Joseph Galli.
