Thomas Hagedorn (born May 11, 1971) is a German entrepreneur, founder and managing director of Hagedorn Group in Gütersloh.
Thomas Hagedorn | |
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 Thomas Hagedorn | |
| Born | May 11, 1971 |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | entrepreneur |
| Years active | 1996 until today |
| Known for | Founder and managing director of Hagedorn Group |
| Spouse | Barbara Hagedorn |
| Children | two |
Life
editHagedorn grew up in Gütersloh.[1] He married Barbara Hagedorn, who joined the company in 1999. Thomas and Barbara Hagedorn have two children.[2]
Career
editAfter working as a locksmith, truck driver, engine operator, foreman and site manager, Hagedorn founded his own company in 1997 in Gütersloh.[1] He bought a small building yard in Freckenhorst and started with demolishing houses. In 2002, Hagedorn bought a 10,000 square metres (110,000 sq ft) area at the Werner-von-Siemens-Strasse between Gütersloh and Bielefeld, that still holds the headquarter and some facilities of the company.[3][4]
In 2006, Hagedorn founded the Gütersloher Wertstoffzentrum GmbH that recycles building rubble, followed by the Erdbau- und -erschließungs GmbH for civil engineering in Oktober 2011.[5] 2013 the Revital GmbH was founded, which focuses on the restructuring of brownfields. In 2016, the Hagedorn group launched their online-platform Brownfield24, which connects sellers and byers of industrial and commercial brownfields.[6] Another start-up called Schüttflix was founded in 2019, an online-platform that provides an app for ordering bulk material.[7]
Today, the Hagedorn Group is a company with over 500 employees, specialised in the fields of demolition, restructuring, disposal and recycling of building rubble, as well as civil engineering and restructuring of brownfields.[2] The Hagedorn Group holds a total of around 39 individual companies.[8]
Recognition and Philanthropy
editHagedorn criticized in the largest German newspaper Bild that nobody was prepared to become an excavator driver any more. Shortly after the article was published, the company received more than 250 applications.[9][10]
Hagedorn is the sponsor of the local football club FC Gütersloh[11][12] and is a partner and fan of the Bundesliga football club FC Schalke 04.[13] He also supports several initiatives founded by him. For example, "Einfach Fußball", which enables handicapped children and young people to play football[14] or "MIThelfen", in which Hagedorn employees work together in social projects.[15]
Awards
edit- 2015: Sandvik Customer Innovation Award[16]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Dietmar Student: Dieser Mann ist Deutschlands Abrisskönig, Manager Magazin, (German), November 2019.
- ^ a b Bünder, Helmut (22. Mai 2018): "Wir haben das Abbruchgeschäft salonfähig gemacht", Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, access-date=2019-10-17
- ^ Germany, Patzer Verlag GmbH & Co KG, Berlin. "20 Jahre Hagedorn: Vom Einzelunternehmer zur bekannten Unternehmensgruppe". ABZ Allgemeine Bauzeitung - Baunachrichten (in German). Retrieved 2019-10-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Angela Hennersdorf: Der Kohlemacher, Wirtschaftswoche (German), February 15, 2019, retrieved November 11, 2019.
- ^ Rechlin, Stephan: Zu viel Schotter: Hagedorn baut an, Westfalen-Blatt, 2019-10-17
- ^ Germany, Patzer Verlag GmbH & Co KG, Berlin. "Erfolgreichste Abbruchunternehmen: Hagedorn steigt im weltweiten Ranking". ABZ Allgemeine Bauzeitung - Baunachrichten (in German). Retrieved 2019-10-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Lieber, Ulrich. "Gleiche Arbeit unter neuer Flagge". Westfälische Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 2019-11-11.
- ^ Dünhölter, Jens. "Baggern wie in echt: So funktioniert Hagedorns Baggersimulator". Haller Kreisblatt (in German). Retrieved 2019-11-11.
- ^ Osterkamp, Ludger. "Warum die Telefone bei Abrissunternehmer Hagedorn plötzlich nicht mehr stillstehen". Neue Westfälische (in German). Retrieved 2019-11-11.
- ^ "Bau-Unternehmer: Mit dem BILD-Bericht kamen über 250 Bewerbungen". Bild (in German). Retrieved 2019-11-11.
- ^ Femme, Wolfgang (27. Mai 2019): "Finale" mit getrübter Stimmung, Neue Westfälische, (German), 2019-10-17
- ^ Dünhölter, Jens. "Plauderstunde mit Promis und Pils". Westfalen-Blatt (in German). Retrieved 2019-11-11.
- ^ Die Glocke: Hagedorn wird Schalke 04-Partner, retrieved October 17, 2019
- ^ Dünhölter, Jens. "Hagedorn lässt Kinder baggern". Neue Westfälische (in German). Retrieved 2019-11-11.
- ^ "Aktion "MIThelfen" – Gemeinschaftsprojekt der Unternehmensgruppe Hagedorn und des DRK Kreisverband Gütersloh". www.drk-guetersloh.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-11-11.
- ^ KG, Schlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. "Sandvik zeichnet Hagedorn aus". baunetzwerk.biz (in German). Retrieved 2019-11-11.