Klaus Tschira

Klaus Tschira

German businessman (1940–2015)

Klaus Tschira (7 December 1940 – 31 March 2015) was a German billionaire entrepreneur and the co-founder of the German software company SAP AG.2

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Born Dec 7, 1940, died Mar 31, 2015.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedKarlsruhe Institute of Technology3

Career

Occupation: physicist, entrepreneur.6

  • Date not recordedWorked at IBM4
  • Date not recordedFounded SAP5

Personal life

  • BornDec 7, 1940, Freiburg im Breisgau7
  • DiedMar 31, 2015, Heidelberg8
  • CitizenshipGermany9
  • Children210

Philanthropy

Klaus Tschira Foundation

The Klaus Tschira Foundation (KTF) was established by Tschira in 1995 as a non-profit organization. Its primary objective is to support projects in natural and computer sciences as well as mathematics. The KTF places strong emphasis on public understanding in these fields. Tschira's commitment to this objective was honored in 1999 with the "Deutscher Stifterpreis" by the German National Academic Foundation (German: Studienstiftung). The KTF is located at the Villa Bosch in Heidelberg, Germany, the former residence of Nobel Prize laureate for chemistry Carl Bosch (1874–1940).

Gerda and Klaus Tschira Foundation

In 2008, Tschira and his wife Gerda founded the Gerda and Klaus Tschira Foundation.

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Awards

  • 2009Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany11
  • 2008Alwin-Walther medal11
  • 2008Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille11
  • 1999Deutscher Stifterpreis11
  • Date not recordedOrder of Merit of Rhineland-Palatinate11

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    WikidataSAP, Founder