Michael Stoschek

Michael Stoschek (born 1947/1948) is a German billionaire businessman, chairman of Brose Fahrzeugteile, the German car parts company founded by his grandfather Max Brose, a Wehrwirtschaftsführer in Nazi Germany.[2]

Michael Stoschek
Born1947/1948 (age 72–73)[1]
Coburg
NationalityGerman
EducationCasimirianum Coburg
Known forChairman, Brose Fahrzeugteile
Net worthUS$2.4 billion (November 2015)[1]
Spouse(s)Gabriele Stoschek
ChildrenJulia Stoschek
Maximilian Stoschek

Early life

Michael Stoschek was born in Germany.[1] He was educated at Casimirianum Coburg.[3]

Career

Stoschek took charge of Brose Fahrzeugteile in 1971 aged only 23 and grew the company into an international company.[1]

As of November 2015, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$2.4 billion.[1]

Max Brose Controversy

Stochek's grandfather Max Brose employed prisoners-of-war as slave laborers in his factory during World War II. At the end of the war he was tried and convicted as a Mitläufer.[4]

Stoschek has been criticized for his attempt to rehabilitate Brose's image. In 2008 Stoschek used company money to hire the historian Gregor Schöllgen to write an unsubstantiated biography on Brose's life and the history of the firm, downplaying his association with the Nazi Party. Stoschek also withheld funds from the Christian Social Union, a political party in Coburg, until they agreed to name a street after Brose. Laws written in the denazifaction process prohibit streets from being named after Nazis.[5]

Personal life

He is married with two children.[1] His daughter Julia Stoschek is an art collector, specializing time-based media art, and runs the Julia Stoschek Collection in Düsseldorf, which opened in 2007, and has two floors of exhibition space, over 2500 m2.[6] He has a son Maximilian Stoschek.[7]

References
  1. "Michael Stoschek". Forbes. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  2. "Michael Stoschek". Forbes. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  3. "Prozess in Coburg - Direktor schönt Abiturnoten - Bayern - Süddeutsche.de". Sueddeutsche.de. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  4. Przybilla, Olaf. "Nur Parteimitglied, oder doch ein Nazi?". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  5. "Michael Stoschek verharmlost Nazi Max Brose - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  6. "Julia Stoschek Collection". julia-stoschek-collection. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  7. "New Stratos series production cancelled | Classic Driver Magazine". Classicdriver.com. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
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