Dirk Rossmann (* 7 September 1946 in Hanover) is a German entrepreneur. He is founder (1972) and managing director of the owner-led drugstore market chain Rossmann with seat in castle whisks with Hanover. Its enterprise with approximately 17,000 coworkers is at present (2006) the third biggest drugstore market chain of Germany and also represented on the Eastern European market.

Biography

Rossmann was born in a family by independent little businessmen. Parents of its nut/mother possessed a large fur shop in Hanover and already its grandfather operated their own drugstore. Already at the age of ten years was certain for it: "I become times a completely large one. "After its druggist teachings he worked first in the drugstore of his parents. Its data in the NDR Talkshow Herman & Tietjen on 21 April 2006 according to he was drawn in with the reaching of his majority against his will to the German Federal Armed Forces. It complained against the summoning answer, but before a judgement could be spoken, it had to begin its service. Since he saw himself to injustice in the German Federal Armed Forces, he implemented no instructions of superiors and repeated instead always the statement: "My name is Dirk Rossmann and I complains against the Federal Republic of Germany ". Thereupon it was instructed into the mental hospital Langenhagen, which dismisses it only after four weeks again has. Its birthday it became under handing out of 40 DM from the German Federal Armed Forces to dismiss.

At the age of 26 years it opened to 17. March 1972 in Hanover "the market for drugstore goods ". It exists this very day in the Jakobistrasse, a side street of the Lister mile directly at the "Lister place" (see photo). On the opening day there was a "customer chaos", because its idea of a Discountmarktes for drugstore articles encountered strong interest at the customers. After closing time Rossmann had instead of more hoped for 2,000 to 3,000 DM approximately 20,000 DM in the cash. The small business was the first drugstore Discountmarkt Germany. Cause of the establishment of business was the forthcoming abolition the application of fixed prices for drugstore products 1973. 10 years later possessed Rossmann already 100 of drugstore markets in Northern Germany and applies here since that time than "pioneer of the drugstore market". The company name "Rossmann" does not correspond however to its surname "Rossmann", since a capitalization of the letter is not possible "ss".

Rossmann is father of two sons, who once its successors in its enterprise to become to be supposed. Privately as also with the work it carries casual clothes and introduced likewise for its for coworkers a loose dress order.

Enterprise

In the 80's sold Dirk Rossmann 40 per cent of its enterprise to the Hanover finance, their participation went to the drugstore chain of the Netherlands Kruidvat group (former owners: Family De Rijcke), whom again in August 2004 the Hongkonger mixing company Hutchison Whampoa transferred. Today (2006) the enterprise Rossmann with 1.100 branches is in completely Germany the No. 3 on the German market after Schlecker and DM. After the case of the "iron curtain" at the beginning of the 1990er years expanded the enterprise of Dirk Rossmann on the Eastern European market, where it operated 2004 approximately 350 branches. There is European-wide nearly 1,500 branches (conditions 2005). In its enterprise it created meanwhile 17,000 jobs, of it 13,000 in Germany. Despite its economic attack desire it applies for human adjusted entrepreneur with its coworkers as ethicalally and.

Honors

• On 11 February 1998 Dirk Rossmann the Order of Merit was lent as "Distinguished Service Cross to gang". Cause for the honour was its commitment in favor of the German donation population of world. 1991 it created the donation, which wants to contain the population growth of the world with a friendly entrepreneur from Hanover.

• In the year 2000 it received the honor "entrepreneur of the yearly 1999 in the region Hanover". It expenditure-praised of the "working group of independent entrepreneurs" (ASU), the "Federal association of young entrepreneurs" (BJU) and the savings bank Hanover. Criteria for choice were conversion, profitability, marketing ideas, innovations, coworker guidance up-to-date as well as enterprise principles. Among eight persons standing to the selection the jury was correct unanimously for Dirk Rossmann. In the press was the speech of the honour of its life's work. The honor applied not only its business success, but also his social and social commitment.

Related links

• Official Rossmann side with contractors description
• German donation population of world - along-justified of Dirk Rossmann

• "Hard, but cordially ", manager magazine, 8 December 2004
• "I pay gladly hand-expensively ", Hamburg evening papers, 24 December 2005
• "Rossmann drugstores. The gentleman of the small prices ", South German newspaper, 6 April 2006
• "The competition is extremely hard ", daily mirrors, 24 April 2006, interview

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