Nationality American, German Role Businessman Religion Catholic Parents Erivan Haub | Spouse(s) Liliane Haub Home town Greenwich Name Christian Haub | |
Born 1964; 52 years ago ( 1964 ) Tacoma, Washington Alma mater Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration Occupation Co-CEO of Tengelmann Group, President & Chairman of Emil Capital Partners, LLC. Board member of Board of Directors of Metro Inc., Board of Directors of BrightFarms, Boston College Board of Trustees, Advisory Board member of the Schulich School of Business, former Board member at A&P, former Board member of the Food Marketing Institute, former Board of Trustees of St. Joseph's University Education Vienna University of Economics and Business Grandparents Elizabeth Haub, Erich Haub Similar People Erivan Haub, Karl‑Erivan Haub, George Huntington Hartford | ||
Christian W.E. Haub is a businessman. He is the Co-CEO of the Tengelmann Group, together with his brother Karl-Erivan Haub. He is also Chairman and President of Emil Capital Partners and a former board member and CEO of Montvale, New Jersey's Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (A&P) from December 3, 1991 until February 22, 2002.
Mr. Haub is a partner and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Tengelmann. Haub is a member of the Board of Directors of Metro Inc., Montreal, Quebec, Canada and was on the board of directors of the Food Marketing Institute, while also being Director of BrightFarms as of 2015.
In A&P, he served as CEO (since May 1, 1998), Executive Chairman of the Board (since August 15, 2005) and Chair of the Executive Committee (since May 1, 2001). In addition, Mr. Haub also served as President of the Company from December 7, 1993 through February 24, 2002, and from November 4, 2002 through November 15, 2004.
Philanthropy
Haub is a current member at the Boston College Board of Trustees, as well as an Advisory Board member of the Schulich School of Business at York University in Canada and a former member of the board of trustees of St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
In 2009, Haub was honored as Grand Marshal at the German-American Steuben Parade in New York City, the largest celebration of German-American Friendship in the United States. He was greeted by thousands of fans alongside Fifth Avenue. Co-Grand Marshals included Congressman Michael McMahon and Fox 5 TV reporter Linda Schmidt.
He has in the past collaborated with The Children's Health Fund, founded by singer-songwriter Paul Simon and Irwin Redlener, MD.
In December 2014, the Tacoma Art Museum unveiled its new Haub Family Galleries wing, following Erivan and Helga Haub's donation of $20 million and 295 pieces of Western art to the institution. The galleries have become one of the foremost collections of Western art in North America.
In 2015, Christian Haub and his wife, Liliane, were awarded the James F. Cleary '50, H'93 Masters Award from Boston College for helping to "engage a growing network of current-student parents with BC" and spreading "the message of BC’s increasing reputation for excellence".