Hasso Plattner
Hasso Plattner | |
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SAP SE; majority owner of the San Jose Sharks ice hockey team | |
Title | Chairman of SAP SE |
Spouse | married |
Children | 2 |
Hasso Plattner (born 21 January 1944) is a German businessman. A co-founder of
Early life
Plattner was born to German ophthalmologist Horst Plattner (1918–2001) and his wife shortly before the end of the
Career
Plattner set up SAP with four co-founders in 1972.[3] He stepped down as co-chief executive in 2003 at age 60.[4] He has since been serving as chairman of the company's supervisory board[5] and played an influential role in the company's governance, orchestrating the hiring of co-CEOs Jennifer Morgan and Christian Klein in 2019.[6] He has reduced his stake in SAP several times;[7] as of 2020, he owned a 5.89% stake, making him the company's largest individual shareholder.[8]
In 1998, Plattner founded the non-profit Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI). He is Chair of Enterprise Platform and Integration Concepts and Professor of Enterprise Systems at HPI.
In 2005, Plattner set up his own
Sporting interests
In 2005, Plattner's maxZ86
Plattner is a keen golfer. He owns the Fancourt Hotel and Country Club, which has three Gary Player-designed championship courses, in addition to the CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, California.[13] The Links of Fancourt staged the 2003 Presidents Cup matches between the US and an international team, captained by Gary Player.
Plattner is also an investor in
Philanthropy
Plattner signed The Giving Pledge in February 2013.[17][18] In 2015, he set up the Hasso Plattner Foundation and the charity's activities span education, art and culture, and conservation.[19] Since 2017, the foundation has been headquartered at Villa Wunderkind in Potsdam, the former home of German fashion designer Wolfgang Joop.[20]
HIV/AIDS
Plattner has had strong connections with South Africa over the years and spends some of his time living there, while participating in charitable work. In the fight against AIDS, he supports the universities of
Plattner's donation of €6 million for the Isombululo programme for the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS was announced at the
Architecture and visual arts
Plattner contributed more than €20 million which enabled reconstruction of the historic exterior of the
In 2016, Plattner joined forces with art dealer Guy Wildenstein to form the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, a foundation dedicated to advancing art historical scholarship by fostering the accessibility, cataloguing, and digitisation of primary sources.[24]
Plattner also helped in the establishment of the Museum Barberini, devoted to his holdings of modern and Impressionist art, as well as artists active in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR).[25] In 2022, he opened Das Minsk, another private museum in Potsdam, which focuses on East German artists who were active after the fall of the Berlin wall.[26]
Research
Since his retirement from SAP, Plattner has been particularly active as a benefactor in the field of technological research. Media reports have named him one of Germany's most important private sponsors of scientific research. In 1998, Plattner founded the Hasso Plattner Institute for software systems engineering based at the University of Potsdam, and in Palo Alto, California, its sole source of funding being the non-profit Hasso Plattner Foundation for Software Systems Engineering. Plattner has pledged €50 million of his personal fortune over a period of 20 years. Since its foundation, Plattner's commitment to the HPI has quadrupled to over €200 million. He not only fully finances the HPI, but is also actively involved as a director and lecturer in Enterprise Platforms and Integration Concepts.[27]
In October 2005, with a donation of US$35 million, Plattner founded the
Recognition
On 21 January 2004, at a ceremony at the Hasso Plattner Institute celebrating the 60th birthday of its founder, German
Honorary degrees
Plattner received his honorary doctorate in 2002, and his honorary professorship in 2004 from the University of Potsdam. He had also received an honorary doctorate (1990) and an honorary professorship in Information Systems (1994) from the Saarland University, Saarbrücken. The same university named him an honorary senator in 1998.[30]
Awards
- 2014 – Leonardo European Corporate Learning Award, "Thought Leadership" category[31]
- 2015 – GABA Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by the German American Business Association (GABA)[32]
- 2016 – Prize for Understanding and Tolerance, presented by the Jewish Museum Berlin
Personal life
Plattner is married to Sabine Plattner, a former teacher.[33] The couple has two children,[34] who grew up in Heidelberg, Germany.[22] The family also maintains residences in Sylt and Yzerfontein.[35]
See also
References
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- ^ "#20 Hasso Plattner & family". The Richest People in Tech. Forbes. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ a b Taylor, Paul; Bryant, Chris (2 March 2014). "Hasso Plattner, SAP's software pioneer still sailing on". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ ten Wolde, Harro; Wissenbach, Ilona (10 May 2017). "SAP chairman Plattner open to extend contract beyond 2019". Reuters. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ Busvine, Douglas (20 November 2019). "SAP founder and chairman sells 100 million euro stake, holding now 6.2%". Reuters. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ "Corrected – Update 1 – Co-founder Plattner to cut stake in SAP". Reuters. 15 September 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ Busvine, Douglas (27 October 2020). "Chairman Plattner buys nearly $300 million in SAP stock". Reuters. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ Schuetze, Arno (24 September 2019). "Online cruise portals Dreamlines, e-hoi looking for investors –sources". Reuters. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ Cser, Thomas (2011). "How to find successful venture capital candidates in the ICT industry in South Africa ? An analysis of the selection process at Hasso Plattner Venture Africa" (PDF). Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ Paul Taylor and Chris Bryant (2 March 2014), Hasso Plattner, SAP’s software pioneer still sailing on Financial Times.
- ^ Pollak, David (30 January 2013). "Hasso Plattner becomes new face of San Jose Sharks ownership group". Mercury News. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ "Sharks Sports & Entertainment announces changes to ownership group". San Jose Sharks. 30 January 2013. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ Pollak, David (30 January 2013). "Hasso Plattner becomes new face of San Jose Sharks ownership group". The Mercury News. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ "Sharks name Mike Grier as general manager". San Jose Sharks. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ "The Giving Pledge expands beyond U.S. with addition of 12 new signatories from across the globe" (Press release). The Giving Pledge. 19 February 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ Andrew Jack (19 February 2013), Billionaires pledge to give money away Financial Times.
- ^ Shubber, Kadhim (25 March 2022). "SAP chair's charity emerges as top investor in software giant spinout". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ISSN 1865-2263. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ "The Foundation". Museum Barberini. Archived from the original on 1 March 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Hasso Plattner & family". Forbes. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ Wiechers, Katharina (7 September 2016). "Stadtschloss-Vorkämpfer Michael Schöne blickt zurück: Zwei Jahrzehnte für Knobelsdorff". Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ^ Scher, Robin (7 November 2016). "Guy Wildenstein, Hasso Plattner start foundation focused on art-historical research and technology". ARTnews. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "Founder and Foundation". Museum Barberini. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ Villa, Angelica (2 September 2022). "German mogul Hasso Plattner to open private museum in salvaged former restaurant". ARTnews. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "Founder Hasso Plattner". Hasso Plattner Institute. Archived from the original on 4 May 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ^ Nussbaum, Bruce (3 October 2005). "SAP founder gives $35 million for Stanford D-School". Bloomberg. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ "Bundeskanzler Schröder würdigt Hasso Plattner als vorbildlichen Unternehmer". Siebenbürgische Zeitung. 3 March 2004. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ Verleihung der Würde eines Ehrensenators, Saarland University, January 1999. (in German)
- ^ "Preisträger des Leonardo Award 2014 stehen fest » Aktuell » Archive Resource » German Press Releases » Press » Leonardo". 21 April 2014. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ "GABA eNews July/ August 2014". www.gaba-network.org. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ Ralf E. Krüger (19 May 2003), SAP: Hasso Plattners Sonnenparadies Manager Magazin.
- ^ Paul Taylor and Chris Bryant (2 March 2014), Hasso Plattner, SAP’s software pioneer still sailing on Financial Times.
- ^ Margaret O’Connor (7 December 2012), At home: Sabine Plattner Financial Times.