Jürgen F. Strube (born 19 August 1939) is the former
CEO
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...
and the current
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
The chairperson, also chairman, chairwoman or chair, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by members of the group ...
of German chemical company
BASF.
Biography
Strube was born in
Bochum
Bochum ( , also , ; wep, Baukem) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 364,920 (2016), is the sixth largest city (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg) of the most populous Germany, German federal state o ...
in 1939. He studied law from 1960 to 1964 in
Freiburg,
Geneva and
Munich, obtained his doctorate in law in Munich in 1967, and passed the 2nd state examination in law in 1968. He began his professional career at
BASF in 1969 in Germany, where he joined the Finance Department at
Ludwigshafen
Ludwigshafen, officially Ludwigshafen am Rhein (; meaning " Ludwig's Port upon Rhine"), is a city in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, on the river Rhine, opposite Mannheim. With Mannheim, Heidelberg, and the surrounding region, it form ...
. During his career he worked in several divisions in
Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504, ,
São Paulo,
New Jersey and Germany. Since May 2003, he has been chairman of the Supervisory Board of BASF. He is married with one daughter.
External links
BASF press information
1939 births
Living people
Businesspeople from North Rhine-Westphalia
European Union lobbyists
BASF people
People from Bochum
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