A hundred-year balance Annual Report 2010 - Uzin Utz AG
A hundred-year balance Annual Report 2010 - Uzin Utz AG
A hundred-year balance Annual Report 2010 - Uzin Utz AG
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Were there also possible alternative paths in life<br />
for you, or was your succession as head of the company<br />
never in question?<br />
»»<br />
Oh yes, there certainly were! While I was at university,<br />
I had visions of a career as a racing driver; in the 1970’s<br />
I competed in various circuit races and hill climbs – not<br />
entirely without success by the way – and was completely<br />
infected with the racing bug. This ‘storm and stress’<br />
phase came to an end for me after some less enjoyable<br />
events. On completion of my dissertation, there was<br />
still the option of a scientific career at the university,<br />
but I was ultimately attracted to the company, with all<br />
its challenges and possibilities.<br />
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You are an aesthetically and artistically orientated<br />
person, who repeatedly supports art projects and<br />
young artists. Do you or did you yourself also have<br />
active ambitions in this direction?<br />
»»<br />
Definitely not. But if anyone wanted to interpret my<br />
enthusiasm for architecture as artistic ambition, you<br />
could say that I earned it in a sort of indirect, artistic<br />
way though the successful use of our products in the<br />
preservation of historic buildings.” (laughs)<br />
»»<br />
What makes an artist or their work interesting<br />
for you, and do you prefer any particular art form<br />
or stylistic direction?<br />
»»<br />
Roy Liechtenstein was an artist whose independent<br />
style and works attracted me at an early stage – well<br />
before he became really popular and therefore unaffordable.<br />
But in general I don’t prefer any particular direction<br />
or art form, but approach it quite intuitively. The<br />
work should however have its own recognisably individual<br />
style and sense of expression, and also be able to<br />
convince its creator as an artistic personality.”<br />
»»<br />
Assuming that you had the chance to take over<br />
the chairmanship of another company, which would<br />
most attract you?<br />
»»<br />
(after brief consideration): There would only be one<br />
company in question: Porsche!<br />
1931<br />
1932<br />
1933<br />
1934<br />
1935<br />
With 449 m the Empire State<br />
Building is completed as the<br />
highest structure in the world.<br />
Bayern Munich is the first<br />
German football champion.<br />
1st May is a legal bankday in<br />
Germany.<br />
Wernher von Braun develops a<br />
liquid rocket, which rises 2,400<br />
meters high.<br />
Ferdinand Porsche presents the<br />
prototype of the „Beetle“.<br />
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