Ernst Tanner (born 24 July 1946) is a Swiss manager and entrepreneur. He is Chairman of the Board of the chocolate manufacturer

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Life

After earning his undergraduate degree in business administration, Tanner continued his education at business schools in

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and Harvard. He worked for over 20 years in a leading management position in the Johnson & Johnson Group in

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and the

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. In 1993 he joined Lindt & Sprüngli as a CEO and the next year he also assumed as its Chairman of the Board of Directors, for many years holding both mandates as a double mandate. Since his involvement in the Company, the revenue of the chocolate manufacturer has surged considerably. He has been Vice President of the Board of Directors since 2011, where he was a member since 2002 and since 2014, Chairman of the Compensation Committee of the

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. He is also a member of the advisory board of the German

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In 2015 he bought 10% of the Signa Holding and took a seat in the advisory board of the company. In October 2021, he capitalized on his involvement in Signa and sold 4% of the shares back to the owner of the Signa Holding,

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Private life

He is married and has a son.

References

External links

Ernst Tanner
Official website Lindt & Sprüngli * Iris Kuhn-Spogat, Stefan Barmettler
''Lindt & Sprüngli: Der Kaiser aus Kilchberg''
In: Bilanz 18. December 2009. * Marc Kowalsky
Ernst Tanner: «Ich bin kein Sesselkleber»
Interview in: Bilanz 30. Mai 2012.
Ernst Tanner
in the

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