Prof. Dr. h. c. mult. Reinhold Würth
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Würth Group´s Family Trusts
The Würth Group is a world market leader in its core business, the assembly and fastening material trade. It currently consists of over 400 companies in more than 80 countries and has about 69,000 employees on its payroll. About 30,000 of these employees are permanently employed sales representatives.
In the business year 2015, the Würth Group generated total sales of EUR 11 billion.
In its core business, the Würth Line, the product range for craft and industry comprises over 125,000 products, from screws, screw accessories and anchors to tools, chemical-technical products and personal protection equipment.
The Allied Companies of the Würth Group, which either operate in business areas adjacent to the core business or in diversified business areas, round off the range by offering products for DIY stores, electrical installation materials, electronic components (e.g. circuit boards) and financial services.
Administration building in Künzelsau
More than 3 million customers all over the world trust in Würth today. Human beings and a very special corporate philosophy are the driving forces of the long-standing success enjoyed by the Würth Group.
Würth is a family business that was founded by Adolf Würth in 1945. Prof. Reinhold Würth, today’s Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Würth Group’s Family Trusts, took over the business at the age of 19 after his father had passed away and developed it further in the following years. Starting from the early years of the company in post-war Germany, he turned the former two-man business into a worldwide operating trading group.
We owe it to Reinhold Würth that the Würth Group has a clear business orientation: It is marked by a strong brand policy, future-oriented product strategy, closeness to the customer, clear quality offensive, thinking in terms of visions and not least by a strong corporate culture. Bettina Würth, Reinhold Würth’s daughter and Chairwoman of the Advisory Board together with the members of the Central Managing Board see to it that these values are filled with life and developed further..