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Bechtle co-founder Gerhard Schick celebrates 80th birthday

  • Company founder and long-time leading light at Bechtle is 80 years old today
  • Recognition of enduring leadership

Neckarsulm, 5 May 2020 – Gerhard Schick, co-founder and long-term Chairman of the Bechtle Executive and Supervisory Boards is celebrating his 80th birthday today. Holder of the German Federal Cross of Merit, to this day he remains closely involved with Bechtle as honorary Chair of the Supervisory Board and anchor shareholder in Bechtle AG.

“We, the 11,768 Bechtle employees, today have great pleasure in wishing Gerhard Schick a very happy 80th birthday,” says Dr Thomas Olemotz, CEO of Bechtle AG. “Bechtle’s corporate success story is forever entwined with the name Gerhard Schick. His expertise, devotion to the values of determination and integrity, good business acumen and his ability to continue developing the company to meet market requirements defined his highly successful career at the company helm. Bechtle is his life’s work.”

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