Summary
Martin Herrenknecht (born 24 June 1942) is a German engineer and businessman. He founded an engineering company in 1975, which became Herrenknecht AG in 1977. Today his company makes large, heavy tunnel boring machines.[1] They have 4955 employees as of 2015.[2]
Herrenknecht is the son of an upholsterer in Schwanau, Baden-Württemberg. He graduated from Max Planck Gymnasium and studied at the University of Constance, earning an engineering degree in 1964.[3] In 2010, his company drilled the largest tunnel in the world. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union.[4]
He received the Werner von Siemens Ring in 2015.[5]
He has caused some controversy in his Stuttgart 21 development project. The Green politician Winfried Hermann accused him of having too close a relationship with Lothar Späth.[6]
References edit
- ^ "History - Herrenknecht AG". www.herrenknecht.com. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
- ^ "Kennzahlen der Herrenknecht AG". Archived from the original on 2012-06-25. Retrieved 2016-08-03.
- ^ Martin Herrenknecht Archived 2016-08-22 at the Wayback Machine CitySolutions2012
- ^ Martin-W. Buchenau: Der Herr der Röhren. In: Handelsblatt, Nr. 200, 16. October 2010, S. 62.
- ^ "Werner-von-Siemens-Ring für Tunnelpionier" (in German). Retrieved August 3, 2016.
- ^ Dietmar Neuerer: Möglicher Interessenkonflikt: Mappus, S-21 und die „Spätzle-Connection“. In: Handelsblatt, 11. October 2010.
External links edit
- PBS Video on Germany which features Herrenknecht