Known for Co-founder of SAP AG Role Entrepreneur Name Klaus Tschira | Children 2 Net worth $6.7 billion | |
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Born 7 December 1940 ( 1940-12-07 ) Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany Died March 31, 2015, Heidelberg, Germany Education Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Organizations founded Klaus Tschira Foundation, SAP SE Similar People Hans‑Werner Hector, Claus Wellenreuther, Hasso Plattner, Dietmar Hopp, Bill McDermott | ||
Begr ungworte von klaus tschira zur nawik er ffnungsfeier
Klaus Tschira (7 December 1940 – 31 March 2015) was a German entrepreneur.
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- Begr ungworte von klaus tschira zur nawik er ffnungsfeier
- Life
- Klaus Tschira Foundation
- Gerda and Klaus Tschira Foundation
- Honors
- References
Life
After gaining his Diplom in physics and working at IBM, Tschira co-founded the German software giant SAP AG in 1972 in Mannheim, Germany together with Hans-Werner Hector, Dietmar Hopp, Hasso Plattner and Claus Wellenreuther. From 1998 to 2007, he was a board member at SAP.
He died on 31 March 2015 in Heidelberg.
Klaus Tschira Foundation
The Klaus Tschira Foundation (KTF) was established by Tschira in 1995 as a non-profit organization. Its primary objective is to support projects in natural and computer sciences as well as mathematics. The KTF places strong emphasis on public understanding in these fields. Tschira's commitment to this objective was honored in 1999 with the "Deutscher Stifterpreis" by the German National Academic Foundation (German: Studienstiftung). The KTF is located at the Villa Bosch in Heidelberg, Germany, the former residence of Nobel Prize laureate for chemistry Carl Bosch (1874–1940).
Gerda and Klaus Tschira Foundation
In 2008, Tschira and his wife Gerda founded the Gerda and Klaus Tschira Foundation.