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Leadership and People

Potential successors from the second tier of management

Holders of registered power of attorney at the age of greatest entrepreneurial maturity, from the same industry as the companies seeking a successor.

The occasion

The bottleneck in business succession lies with the people able to take over. Anyone who intends to carry a company forward needs industry knowledge, leadership experience and the willingness to bear entrepreneurial risk. These qualities are most likely to be found in the second tier of comparable firms.

Each row also states how many companies in the same industry within the vicinity of the place of residence have no successor management.

Who works with this list

  • Succession advisers
  • Banks financing management buy ins
  • Executive search firms focused on succession
  • Private equity investors backing management buy ins

What each row contains

Surname First name Role Year of birth Place of residence Company Legal form Registered office Federal state Industry Register court Register number Website Telephone Companies in the same industry without successor management nearby Distance of residence (km)

The report on this theme

Who runs Germany's companies. How the management and representation of German companies is composed, how many people run several businesses at once and how far they live from their company.

Further themes in this field.

Executives by industry, age and place of residence Managing directors and holders of registered power of attorney in an industry, refined by age and place of residence. 607,337 people Entrepreneurs with several companies People who manage several companies at once, together with every company in which they hold a role. 72,360 people Entrepreneurs with their own holding company People who run their own holding company alongside an operating company. 85,427 people Management resident abroad People in the management of German companies whose place of residence is abroad, arranged by country. 60,737 people Companies after the change of generation Companies with a history of several decades whose management has already passed entirely into the hands of a young generation. 10,506 companies Shareholder managing directors in mid career Smaller companies managed by a single person who is at the stage of life in which retirement provision is built up systematically. 353,592 companies IT specialists with their own company Companies for IT consulting and software development behind which stands a single specialist working on a project basis. 33,412 companies