Biography
Reinhold Wuerth is honorary chairman of the supervisory board of the Wuerth Group, a German hardware manufacturer founded by his father. Wuerth joined the family's wholesale screw business in 1949, at age 14, as the company's second employee and first apprentice. Today, with annual sales of over $23 billion, the Wuerth Group has more than 400 companies and 87,000 employees around the world. Reinhold retired in 1994, but he still serves as Honorary Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Wuerth Group. Nephew Sebastian Wuerth is chairman of the advisory board of Wuerth Group.