Werner Klein Explained

Werner Klein (born 25 January 1950 in Burbach (Saarbrücken[1]) is a German entrepreneur, investor and former racing driver residing in Switzerland.

Biography

After graduating as a merchant in wholesale and foreign trade, Klein took over his parents' beverage wholesale Klein Getränke GmbH in Saarbrücken and founded the alldrink Getränkefachmarktkette (alldrink chain of warehouse stores for beverages).[2] Due to changes in trade, he established a system-controlled logistics center for beverages in Neunkirchen/Saar in 1995.[3] In 1998, first HM InterDrink Getränke Service GmbH and subsequently Winkels Getränke Holding took over the majority of Klein Getränke GmbH,[4] which merged with Gross Getränkevertrieb GmbH in 2001.[5]

At the end of 2002 he relocated to Switzerland and founded ProCon Invest AG (real estate and investments).[6] In 2014 Klein bought the business premises of C&A in Ulm.[7] In 2019 the foundation of ProCon Real Estate GbR, a family office, took place.[8] The family office acquired in 2019 a premium property in the city center of Freiburg im Breisgau. Klein's real estate investments became known through transactions in inner-city prime locations.[9]

Entrepreneurial participations

Sports career

Between 1972 and 1977 Klein was an active racing driver, winning the Formula Vee on the AVUS racing track in Berlin in 1974[10] and finishing on fourth place in the Formula Three championship in 1976.[11]

Personal life

Werner Klein has two children, son Marc Klein and daughter Linda Klein, has been married since May 2024 and lives with his wife Christine in Lucerne on Lake Lucerne.[12] Klein has had Swiss citizenship in addition to German citizenship since 2016.

References

  1. Web site: Fotos 1976 ONS-Formel-3-Meisterschaft . German . 2022-11-24 . 2023-03-08.
  2. News: . Service wird ganz großgeschrieben . German . April 11, 1998.
  3. News: . "Impulsgeber" im alten Erzlager: Logistik-Center der Firma Klein Getränke im Bau . German . August 18, 1994.
  4. News: Rhein-Zeitung . Fusion mit HMI . German . December 23, 1998.
  5. News: . Für sichere Zukunft gerüstet: Klein Getränke in Neunkirchen geht mit Biergroßvertrieb in Dillingen zusammen . German . January 26, 2001.
  6. Web site: SHAB-Meldungen ProCon Invest AG - Zug . German . December 6, 2019.
  7. Web site: Schweizer Investor erwirbt C&A-Liegenschaft in Ulm . deal-magazin.com . Swiss investor acquires C&A property in Ulm. German . 2014-04-07 . 2023-03-08.
  8. Web site: Dagmar Lange. Schweizer Investor kauft Geschäftshaus in Freiburgs Toplage . . Swiss investor buys commercial building in Freiburg's top location . German . 2019-08-02 . December 19, 2019.
  9. Web site: Kapfererhaus in Freiburg an Schweizer Investor verkauft . Global Investor . Kapfererhaus in Freiburg sold to Swiss investor . German . 2019-08-01 . December 6, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191217184552/http://globalinvestor.de/artikel/kapfererhaus-in-freiburg-an-schweizer-investor-verkauft . 2019-12-17.
    Web site: Schweizer Investor hat Premium-Immobilie am Bertoldsbrunnen gekauft . Lutz . Simone . Badische Zeitung. 2019-08-02 . 14 March 2023 . de . Swiss investor has purchased premium property at Bertoldsbrunnen.
    Web site: Schweizer Investor kauft im Herzen Freiburgs: Modehaus Fabel wird Ende 2020 geschlossen . Bargmann . Lars . chilli – das Freiburger Stadtmagazin . 2019-08-22 . 14 March 2023 . de . Swiss investor buys in the heart of Freiburg: Fashion house Fabel will close at the end of 2020.
  10. O.N.S.-Pokal Formel-V-1300. In: Oberste Nationale Sportkommission für den Automobilsport in Deutschland (Ed.): ONS Mitteilungen, 11-1974 (November), p. 17.
  11. Web site: Punktestand 1976 ONS-Formel-3-Meisterschaft . German . 2019-09-14 . 2023-03-08.
  12. News: Festlich und Zauberhaft . Luzerner Tagesanzeiger . German . January 4, 2017 . December 19, 2019.

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