Claus Wellenreuther
Claus Wellenreuther (born 1935) is a German entrepreneur and the co-founder of the software company
Career
Wellenreuther was born in Mannheim[1] and studied business administration at University of Mannheim with a specialization in operations research.[1]
He submitted his
Wellenreuther left the business in 1980 for health reasons and received a compensation of 1 million DM.
In 1982 he founded DCW Software (Dr. Claus Wellenreuther GmbH & Co. KG), which he developed into a specialist for middle-sized ERP software. The company was acquired by SAP in 2003.[6] The "deal among friends" was heavily criticized by DCW customers that had explicitly decided for an alternative to SAP.[7] In 2004 DCW was merged with the SAP subsidiary Steeb Anwendungssysteme GmbH.
References
- ^ a b SAP: Die Gründer Archived 13 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine at de.news-sap.com
- ^ Claus Wellenreuther at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Unter 20 000 Monatsbuchungen ist Dialog nicht rentabel Archived 24 July 2012 at archive.today, Computerwoche, 26 August 1977
- ^ SAP: Langsam, aber gewaltig, Handelsblatt.com
- ^ "Am Anfang war die Buchhaltung ..." (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
- ^ SoftM: SAP-Beteiligung an DCW verbessert die eigene Position
- ^ SAP will DCW Software kaufen Archived 19 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine