Anna Maria Braun (born 3 July 1979) is a German business executive and lawyer. Since 2019, she has been managing the family business

B. Braun B. Braun is a German medical and pharmaceutical device company, which currently has more than 63,000 employees globally, and offices and production facilities in more than 60 countries. Its headquarters are located in Melsungen, in central Ge ...

in the 6th generation as

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. She also holds 10% of the company's shares.

Early life and education

Braun was born in

Melsungen Melsungen () is a small climatic spa town in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse, Germany. In 1987, the town hosted the 27th ''Hessentag'' state festival. Geography Melsungen lies on the river Fulda in the North Hesse Highlands. The stream ...

, the daughter of Ludwig Georg Braun. She graduated from high school in England. She studied law at

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with a

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degree.

Career

In 2009, Braun joined the family business. Before her position as CEO, she headed the subsidiary B. Braun Medical Industries in

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in 2013. By 2016, she was on the board of B. Braun Melsungen AG responsible for the

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operations where she also serves as president.

Other activities

* Robert Koch Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees

Personal life

Braun is married and has three children.ebd.
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References

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