Hanni Toosbuy Kasprzak | |
Nationality: | Danish |
Known For: | Owner and chair of ECCO |
Spouse: | Dieter Kasprzak |
Children: | 2: André and Anna |
Parents: | Karl Toosbuy |
Hanni Toosbuy Kasprzak (born 1957) is a Danish billionaire, the owner and chair of ECCO, the Danish shoe company which was founded by her father in 1963.
Hanni Toosbuy was born in 1957.[1] Her father, Karl Toosbuy, founded ECCO in 1963.[1]
Kasprzak joined ECCO on completing her school education. When she was only 21, she complied with her father's request to work in quality control in India. "I spent more than a year there," she explained. "Learning at the factory level is possibly the best way to understand a business."[2] After India, she went to Germany but returned to Denmark in 1997 as ECCO chairman.
Since March 2014, she has also been a member of Sydbank's advisory board.[3]
In June 2018, according to Forbes, she had a net worth of $2.6 billion.[1]
Toosbuy is married to Dieter Kasprzak, who has served as ECCO's president since 2004. Their son, André, is a golfer and their daughter, Anna, practices dressage.[1]