Tag: Dax companies
The proportion of women on the executive floors of municipal companies is hardly increasing
Status: 07/12/2023 08:52 a.m The proportion of female executives is higher in private DAX corporations than in publicly owned companies. In municipal companies, the proportion is only growing very slowly,…
Chemicals: Brenntag is defending itself against the break-up with reforms
Investors want to split up the Dax group. However, the management retained the upper hand at a dramatic general meeting – and is now explaining the future of the chemical…
Why the fire is burning at Brenntag – and what that means for Germany – Economy
Annual general meetings are often fairly unspectacular events. This is especially true if the shareholder meetings are purely virtual. But at the digital meeting of the Dax group Brenntag there…
Ex-Adidas boss Kasper Rorsted is now using children’s bicycles
Kasper Rorsted, 61, has changed industries quite often. Born in Denmark, he started out in the computer industry after studying economics. In 2005 he moved from Hewlett Packard (HP) to…
Persil: Why Henkel will continue to increase prices – Economy
Carsten Knobel welcomes us on the fifth floor of Henkel’s headquarters, with a view of the plant in Düsseldorf and the residential areas right next to it. The 54-year-old has…
Manager salaries: That’s how much the Dax bosses earn – economy
Corporate leaders get millions when things go well, when things go badly – and even when they have to go. Who are the big earners among the Dax board members…
Deutsche Post DHL: Why the new boss is taking on a difficult legacy – Economy
Frank Appel admits a mistake at his last general meeting as Post boss: When he extended his management board contract a year and a half ago until just the date…
Despite the crisis, the Dax companies are earning more than ever – economy
These are turbulent times, also for the economy: the Ukraine war, the energy crisis, high inflation, geopolitical upheavals. But the German Dax companies, despite all the complaints, have so far…
BASF shuts down plants in Ludwigshafen – economy
On the walls of the conference center at BASF’s headquarters in Ludwigshafen there are slogans that should be to the liking of CEO Martin Brudermüller. “The future is not what…
Fresenius boss cleans up – economy
Actually, Michael Sen doesn’t need activist shareholders who put pressure on corporations. Sen is an activist himself, at least in a way. He has been CEO of the Fresenius Dax…