Peter Löw Explained

Peter Löw
Birth Name:Peter Werner Maria Löw
Birth Date:21 October 1960
Birth Place:Ludwigshafen
Nationality:German

Peter Werner Maria Löw (born 21 October 1960) is a German lawyer and entrepreneur.

Life

Peter Löw was born in 1960 in Ludwigshafen, Germany.[1] In 1987, he started his doctoral studies in history at the University of Münster under the supervision of military historian Werner Hahlweg. After Hahlweg passed away, Löw found a new supervisor in Eckardt Opitz of Helmut Schmidt University, and in 1989 obtained a doctorate (Dr. phil.) for a dissertation on the Prussian army.[2]

In 1991, he enrolled at Insead, where he received an MBA. In 1992, he submitted a dissertation on municipal law in Nazi Germany under the supervision of Franz-Ludwig Knemeyer at the University of Würzburg for which he received a legal doctorate (Dr. iur. utr.).[3]

In 2012, Löw became a member of the senate of the college of philosophy and theology of the Philosophical-Theological University Heiligenkreuz. He became an honorary professor for philosophy of economics in 2013.[4]

Peter Löw is a reserve officer in the Bundeswehr. In 2014, he survived an airplane crash in Florida. He lives in Munich and at Hofhegnenberg Castle.[5]

Peter Löw was listed as one of the 500 richest Germans (ranked at no. 320) according to German Manager Magazin in 2020.[6]

Löw is married and is a father of seven children.[7]

Career

Peter Löw worked as a consultant for McKinsey from 1991 and 1992.[8]

Löw claims to have acquired majority stakes or significant shares in more than 300 businesses since 1992.

Between 2002 and 2007, Löw co-founded and lead Arques Industries together with Dirk Markus.[9] In 2005, Arques acquired a number of printing businesses.

In 2007, Löw founded a gold trading company, 24k Trading Partners, but ended the business a year later.[10] [11]

In 2008, Löw incorporated an investment company, bluO, which he managed until 2013.

Löw made the headlines with the bankruptcy of German news agency dapd.[12] [13] [14] [15]

In 2013 Löw founded LIVIA Group as a family office.[16] Löw held the chemical manufacturer Alzchem[17] until it became public in 2017.[18]

Honours

Publications

References

  1. Web site: Altes Schloss mit neuem Besitzer. Allgemeine. Augsburger. Augsburger Allgemeine. de. 24 October 2019. 31 October 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191031141952/https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/friedberg/Altes-Schloss-mit-neuem-Besitzer-id8326056.html. live.
  2. Book: Löw, Peter.. Der preussische Unteroffizier im stehenden Heer des Absolutismus bis 1806 am Beispiel der Infanteriekompanie. 1989. Hartung-Gorre. 3891913176. 1. Aufl. Konstanz. 22763276.
  3. Book: Löw, Peter. Kommunalgesetzgebung im NS-Staat: am Beispiel der Deutschen Gemeindeordnung 1935. 1992. Zugl.: Würzburg, Univ., Diss., 1991. 9783928017640. Archiv der deutschen Hochschulwissenschaften. Baden-Baden. 31 October 2019. 22 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211022152302/https://katalog.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/cgi-bin/titel.cgi?katkey=3622724. live.
  4. Web site: Prof. DDr. Peter Werner Maria Löw. Phil.-Theol. Hochschule Benedikt XVI. Heiligenkreuz. de-DE. 25 October 2019. 12 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190712144649/https://www.hochschule-heiligenkreuz.at/lehrende/loew-peter-werner-maria/. live.
  5. Web site: Altes Schloss mit neuem Besitzer. Allgemeine. Augsburger. Augsburger Allgemeine. de. 15 September 2019. 31 October 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191031141952/https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/friedberg/Altes-Schloss-mit-neuem-Besitzer-id8326056.html. live.
  6. Web site: Neßhöver. Christoph. 1 January 2020. Die 500 reichsten Deutschen. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210213003621/https://www.manager-magazin.de/politik/deutschland/die-500-reichsten-deutschen-2020-rangliste-der-milliardaere-a-00000000-0002-0001-0000-000173293421. 13 February 2021. Manager Magazin.
  7. News: Frey . Gönul . 13 February 2021 . Nachwuchs auf Hofhegnenberg . 38 . Friedberger Allgemeine.
  8. Web site: Investor Peter Löw: "Wir sind keine Jobkiller". finanzen.net. de. 24 October 2019. 22 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211022152245/https://www.finanzen.net/nachricht/aktien/interview-investor-peter-loew-wir-sind-keine-jobkiller-1617239. live.
  9. German Handelsregister, retrieved 23 October 2019.
  10. Web site: Goldhandel: Arques-Gründer mit spektakulärem Gold-Deal. www.wiwo.de. 5 August 2021. 5 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210805082711/https://www.wiwo.de/finanzen/goldhandel-arques-gruender-mit-spektakulaerem-gold-deal/5142784.html. live.
  11. News: Balzli . Beat . 9 May 2008 . Im Orden der Alchemisten . Der Spiegel . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210805075025/https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/im-orden-der-alchemisten-a-09f8fec3-0002-0001-0000-000056898827 . 5 August 2021 . 5 August 2021 . www.spiegel.de.
  12. Web site: Nachrichtenagentur dapd: Pleitegrund wohl Missmanagement. manager magazin. www.manager-magazin.de. 5 August 2021. 5 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210805075349/https://www.manager-magazin.de/unternehmen/artikel/nachrichtenagentur-dapd-pleitegrund-wohl-missmanagement-a-925648.html. live.
  13. Web site: Insolvenz der DAPD: Haben sich die Investoren übernommen? . Henryk . Hielscher . Peter . Steinkirchner . Cornelius . Welp . www.wiwo.de . 31 October 2019 . 5 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210805075026/https://www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/dienstleister/insolvenz-der-dapd-haben-sich-die-investoren-uebernommen/7219186.html . live .
  14. News: Zwei deutsche Oligarchen. TORSTEN. LANDSBERG. CHRISTIAN. BARTHOLD. Die Tageszeitung: Taz . 22 June 2013. 04–5, 05. taz.de. 5 August 2021. 5 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210805082628/https://taz.de/!476282/. live.
  15. Web site: Nachrichten aus Deutschland und der Welt Frankfurter Rundschau. www.fr.de. de. 15 September 2019. 14 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190914083431/https://www.fr.de/. live.
  16. Web site: Peter Löw weiter auf Erfolgskurs. Wirtschaftskurier. de. 15 September 2019. 9 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190509105727/https://www.wirtschaftskurier.de/unternehmen/artikel/livia-group-peter-loew-weiter-auf-erfolgskurs.html. live.
  17. Peter Löw: Väter in den Augen ihrer Söhne, J.P. Bachem Verlag, 2018, S. 168
  18. Web site: AlzChem ab heute an Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse gelistet AlzChem. www.alzchem.com. 15 September 2019. 11 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180111165002/https://www.alzchem.com/de/investor-relations/veroeffentlichungen/corporate-news/alzchem-ab-heute-frankfurter-wertpapierboerse. live.
  19. Web site: Appointment of the Delegate for Germany . 20 May 2022 .
  20. Book: Löw, Peter. Formularsammlung für die Berliner Rechtspraxis. 1990. Löw und Vorderwülbecke. 3928017756. 1st . Baden-Baden. 75172100.
  21. Book: Löw, Peter . Kommunalgesetzgebung im NS-Staat am Beispiel der Deutschen Gemeindeordnung 1935. 1992. Löw & Vorderwülbecke. 3928017640. Baden-Baden. 32350098.
  22. Book: Löw, Peter . X 1, 6, 14 : "Electio debet esse in libertate eligentium". 1992. Löw & Vorderwülbecke. 3928017616. 1st . Baden-Baden. 56210747.
  23. Book: Löw, Peter. Theologie und Wirtschaft : "... der werfe den ersten Stein". 2017. 9783761632987. 1st . Köln. 1024080463.
  24. Book: Väter in den Augen ihrer Söhne : Lebensbilder der Familie Löw über vier Generationen 1870 bis 2016. Löw, Peter. 9783761632963. 1st . Köln. 1028553300. 2018.
  25. Web site: Flusenflug. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210121010706/https://www.osburg-verlag.de/seite/473943/flusenflug.html. 21 January 2021. Osburg Verlag.
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