Erwin Conradi was as head of Metro AG

Metro AG

Metro AG is a diversified retail and wholesale/cash and carry group based in Düsseldorf, Germany. It has the largest market share in its home market, and is one of the most globalised retail and wholesale corporations. It is the fourth-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues . In English...

 one of the most important managers in trade business.

He studied industrial engineering, then worked from 1959 at IBM

IBM

International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...

 and from 1971 at Metro.

From 1996 until 2000 he was chairman of the board, after Kaufhaus, Asco and Cash & Carry had merged into Metro AG. 2004 he abandoned all his functions at Metro AG. In 1999 he received a honorary doctor from TU Braunschweig.

See also

• Conradi
  Conradi
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