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Götz Werner
Werner at the re:publica in 2010
Born	Götz Wolfgang Werner (1944-02-05)5 February 1944 Heidelberg, Baden, Germany
Died	8 February 2022(2022-02-08) (aged 78) Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Nationality	German
Other names	Götz W. Werner
Occupation	Businessman
Known for	Founding dm-drogerie markt UBI advocate
Children	7

Götz Wolfgang Werner (5 February 1944 – 8 February 2022) was a German billionaire businessman and founder of the dm-drogerie markt retail store chain. He was also known as an advocate of universal basic income (UBI).

In 2013, Manager Magazin estimated his net worth to be around €1.1 billion, making him the 109th-richest German.

Career

In 1973, Werner co-founded his first drugstore, dm-drogerie markt, a German drugstore chain, in Karlsruhe. By 1978, there were more than 100 branches in Germany. Later he was member of the advisory board of dm. In 1976, Werner expanded into the Austrian market. He led the company for 35 years. From October 2003 till September 2010, he was the head of the Cross-Department Group for Entrepreneurial Studies at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Till 2018 he was president of the EHI Retail Institute (EHI).

Inspired by Rudolf Steiner's teachings of anthroposophy, Werner was one of the most influential advocates of basic income in Germany (1000 Euros for everyone). He founded the initiative Unternimm die Zukunft, or Become an entrepreneur of the future.

Personal life and death

Werner was married twice and had seven children. He died in Stuttgart on 8 February 2022, at the age of 78.

Bibliography

• Einkommen für alle. Der dm-Chef über die Machbarkeit des bedingungslosen Grundeinkommens. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Köln 2007, ISBN 978-3-462-03775-3.
• with Adrienne Goehler: 1000 € für jeden. Freiheit, Gleichheit, Grundeinkommen. Econ, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-430-20108-7.
• with Claudia Cornelson: Womit ich nie gerechnet habe. Die Autobiographie, Berlin: Ullstein 2013, ISBN 978-3-430-20153-7.
• with Peter Dellbrügger (Hrsg.): Wozu Führung? Dimensionen einer Kunst. KIT Scientific Publishing, Karlsruhe 2013, ISBN 978-3-7315-0116-9.

References

1. „Die 500 reichsten Deutschen“, Manager Magazin special issue, October 2013, p. 64
2. "Guenther Lehmann & family". Forbes. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
3. "Hochschule Karlsruhe – Technik und Wirtschaft (HsKA)". www.hs-karlsruhe.de. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. "Staffelstabübergabe". EHI Retail Institute (in German). 9 March 2018. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
6. "TEDxMannheim | TED". www.ted.com. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
7. Götz Werner - 1000 Euro für Jeden (Freiheit Gleichheit Grundeinkommen) on YouTube
8. unternimm-die-zukunft.de
9. "Götz Werner Lebenslauf". Was War Wann. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
10. "ENTHÜLLT✘ Krasser Fehler - dm Chef Götz Werner Vermögen verloren..." Indect-Project - gut zu wissen! (in German). 7 June 2019. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
11. "dm-Gründer Prof. Götz W. Werner verstorben". newsroom.dm.de (in German). 8 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
12. "Prof. Götz W. Werner". unternimm-die-zukunft.de (in German). Archived from the original on 26 November 2005. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

External links

• Götz Werner Archived 5 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine on the Unternimm die Zukunft website (in German)

• 1944 births
• 2022 deaths
• 21st-century German writers
• 21st-century German male writers
• Anthroposophists
• Universal basic income in Germany
• Universal basic income writers
• Businesspeople from Heidelberg
• German male writers
• Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Recipients of the Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
• People from the Republic of Baden