Herbert Hainer
{{short description|German businessman}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Herbert Hainer
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1954|07|03}}
| birth_place = Dingolfing, Bavaria, Germany
| relatives = {{Plainlist|
- Adidas (former CEO)
- Bayern Munich
(supervisory board chairman) - Bayern Munich (president)
}}
| alma_mater = University of Applied Sciences Landshut
}}
Herbert Hainer (born 3 July 1954) is a German businessman and the former CEO of Adidas-Group,{{Cite web |title=Kasper Rorsted to succeed Herbert Hainer as CEO of adidas AG |work=adidas-group.com |date=18 January 2016 |access-date=15 November 2019 |url=https://www.adidas-group.com/en/media/news-archive/press-releases/2016/kasper-rorsted-succeed-herbert-hainer-ceo-adidas-ag/ |archive-date=18 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818084009/https://www.adidas-group.com/en/media/news-archive/press-releases/2016/kasper-rorsted-succeed-herbert-hainer-ceo-adidas-ag/ |url-status=dead }} as well as supervisory board chairman of the Bayern Munich.[http://www.fcbayern.de/en/news/news/2014/supervisory-board-press-release-140314.php Press Release FC Bayern Munich] 14 March 2014 He is currently the president of football of Bundesliga club Bayern Munich.
Education
Hainer was educated at the University of Applied Sciences Landshut, where he graduated in business administration.{{cite web| url= http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=7817836| title= Herbert Hainer| author=| publisher= Bloomberg Businessweek}}{{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Career
Hainer was Division Manager Sales and Marketing for Procter & Gamble Germany between 1979 and 1987 before moving to adidas Germany. There, he worked as Sales Director Hardware (1987–1989), Sales Director Field (1989–1991), National Sales Director (1991–1993) and Managing Director Sales (1993–1995). He was then Senior Vice President Region Europe, Africa, Middle East (1996–1997) and Member of the Executive Board (1997–1999) for adidas AG and Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board. (1999–2001) for adidas-Salomon AG. In 2001, he became CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board (2001–2016) for adidas-group AG.{{cn|date=November 2024}}
Hainer was named a trustee of the Bundesliga Foundation at the DFL's New Year reception. He served as Chairman interim of Bayern Munich from 13 March 2014 to 2 May 2014. On 15 November 2019, Hainer was elected the president of Bayern Munich. He succeeded Uli Hoeneß as Bayern's president.{{cite web | url = https://fcbayern.com/en/news/2019/11/herbert-hainer-elected-fc-bayern-president | title = Hoeneß successor: Herbert Hainer elected FC Bayern president | publisher = fcbayern.com | access-date = 17 November 2019}} On 15 October 2022, Hainer was re-elected as Bayern president during their annual general meeting, with 78% of the votes in favour of him.{{cite web | url = https://fcbayern.com/de/news/2022/10/herbert-hainer-als-praesident-des-fc-bayern-wiedergewaehlt | title = Herbert Hainer re-elected as President of FC Bayern | publisher = fcbayern.com | access-date = 15 October 2022}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.europeanceo.com/profiles/2010/03/herbert-hainer-adidas/ "Herbert Hainer, Adidas"], European CEO, 16 March 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121007182235/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=7817836&ticker=ADS:GR "Executive Profile: Herbert Hainer"] Business Week. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
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Category:FC Bayern Munich board members
Category:People from Dingolfing-Landau
Category:German chief executives
Category:German chairpersons of corporations
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