Kramer Foundation | HHL, Europe, Germany

"How well we master the challenges of tomorrow heavily depends on the skill of future generations."

- Georg Milbradt -

Only jointly we cope with the challenges of the future! This was what a group of Leipzig merchants thought and so they founded their own guild in 1278, the Leipziger Kramerinnung. The guild played a formative role in the development of Leipzig as an economic region and, when it broke up in 1887, the newly established Chamber of Commerce Leipzig used the guild's wealth to create a new and strong institution, the Kramer Foundation. Right from the outset, the foundation set itself the goal of shaping the future: the interest generated by the founding capital was to be used to promote commercial education and training in the Leipzig region.

In 1927 and as the world economic crisis began to develop, the original Kramer Foundation was dissolved. After the Second World War, political obstacles prevented a re-activation, and so it was not until 1991 that the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Leipzig re-established the foundation, basing it on the pre-war model.

The result was the "new" Kramer Foundation, a foundation under civil law, based in Leipzig. Just like its predecessor, the foundation originates from the notion that an economy can only be as strong as the next generation of leaders that it produces. That is why the Kramerstiftung's sole purpose today is to promote the stability and development of HHL, Germany's oldest business school.

Join us in shaping tomorrow's society today.

Endowments for sustainable commitment

Board and committees

Supporters of the Kramer Foundation of HHL

HHL is grateful to the Kramer Foundation's donors:
+++ Dr. Andreas Schmidt, Berlin +++ Prof. Dr. Kathrin Möslein, Leipzig +++ Dr. Judith Marquardt, Halle (Saale) +++ Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Hans Wiesmeth, Dresden +++ Prof. Winfried & Ute Pinninghoff, Luedinghausen +++ KODA Stanz- und Biegetechnik GmbH, Dortmund +++ Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, Munich +++ Dr. Hans-Paul Bürkner, Frankfurt/Main +++ Festo Corporation, Hauppage (New York), USA +++ Prof. Dr. Dr. Helmut Sihler, Poertschach am Woerthersee, Austria +++ Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Heribert Meffert, Muenster +++ Beatrice Deutschland GmbH, Paderborn +++ Festo AG & Co. KG, Esslingen-Berkheim +++ Stadt- und Kreissparkasse Leipzig +++ Dr. Norbert Emmerich, Muenster +++ Kreiskrankenhaus Greiz GmbH, Greiz/Thuringia +++ Marco Minnerup, Oberursel +++ Harald & Nicola Lehmkühler, Warendorf +++ Sachsen Bank (former Sachsen LB), Leipzig +++ Deutsche Bundesbank Hauptverwaltung Leipzig +++ E. Breuninger GmbH & Co., Leipzig +++ Deutsche Bahn AG, Berlin +++ Alte Leipziger Lebensversicherung aG, Oberursel +++ Dr. Siegfried Luther, Guetersloh +++ Chamber of Commerce and Industry Leipzig +++ Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Karl-Heinz Forster, Frankfurt/Main +++ Dr. Christian Elsner, Leipzig +++ Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart +++ Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt/Main +++ Dr. jur. Dr. h. c. Ludwig Trippen, Muenster +++ Hans-Peter Wehner, Cologne +++ Prof. Dr. Hans Göschel, Leipzig +++ Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG, Munich +++ Ernst & Young AG, Berlin +++ Deutsche Industriebank AG, Leipzig +++ Stadtwerke Leipzig GmbH +++ Robert Bosch GmbH, Gerlingen-Schillerhoehe +++ Martens & Prahl Versicherungskontor GmbH, Leipzig +++ Prof. Dr. Gert Assmus, Hanover (New Hampshire), USA +++ Prof. Dr. Christian Milow, Kronberg +++ Frank Wilhelmi, Heidelberg +++ in memoriam Florian Zinsmeister, Straubing +++ The Terboven Family, Rheinberg +++ The Uhlig Family, Oberursel +++ Markus Schmitt, Bad Soden +++ Friedrich von Ploetz, Berlin +++ Thomas Butzlaff, Berlin +++ Dr. Alfred Oetker, Bielefeld +++ The Dr. Enders Family, Bornheim +++ Dr. Michael Rau, Frankfurt/Main +++ Silvia & Harald Hungenberg, Lich +++ Anja Nietzschmann, Taucha +++ Bernhard Walter, Frankfurt/Main +++ Michael Petersen, Leipzig +++ Hubertus Scherer jun., Hannover +++ Dr. Hans-Dietrich Winkhaus, Duesseldorf +++ Christian Pfingsten, Duesseldorf +++ Prof. Dr. Dieter J. Pommerening, Hamburg +++ Michael Veit, Munich +++ PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, Frankfurt/Main +++ Kommunale Wasserwerke Leipzig GmbH +++ Siemens AG, Leipzig +++ Dr. Arend Oetker, Berlin +++ Ludwig-Ferdinand Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Bad Laasphe +++ UNIPLAN International GmbH & Co KG, Kerpen +++ Henkel KGaA, Duesseldorf +++ Dr. Johannes Habbig, Bergisch Gladbach +++ Bettina Kudla, Leipzig +++ K19 of HHL +++ Sebastian Just, Munich +++ b&m management, Zurich, Switzerland +++ Karl Kolle, Dortmund +++ Goldman, Sachs & Co. oHG, Frankfurt/Main +++ WIPConceptWinfriedPinninghoff, Leipzig +++ K13 of HHL +++ Ivy League Organizing Team 2006 / K20 +++ Peter Krakow, Leipzig +++ Alexander von Reden, Leipzig +++ The Detlev von Plato Family, Heiligenthal/Lueneburg +++ Christian Freiherr von Humboldt-Dachroeden +++ Stephan Schröter, Leipzig +++ Kinowelt GmbH, Leipzig +++ Weber Rohrleitungsbau GmbH & Co. KG +++ Deloitte & Touche GmbH, Leipzig +++ BGH Edelstahlwerke GmbH, Freital +++ BMW AG, Werk Leipzig +++ Ivy League Organizing Team 2007 / K21 & MSc1 +++ The Steusloff Family, Frankfurt/Main +++ P2 of HHL +++ Dow Olefinverbund GmbH, Schkopau +++ Dr. Burkhart Eymer, Luebeck +++ Andreas Frisch, Frankfurt/Main +++ Dr. Niklas Darijtschuk, Verl +++ Dr. Gerd & Nicola Robertz, Augsburg +++ Ciarán O’Leary, Munich +++ CosiFan Computersysteme GmbH, Leipzig +++ Dr. Kerstin Faaß & Tobias Fehre, Frankfurt/Main +++ Daniel Theuerkauf, London +++ Dr. Alois & Antonella Waldburg-Zeil, Leipzig +++ Dr. Emilio Matthaei, Oxford +++ Dr. Nikolaus Petersen, Leipzig +++ Peter Dorsch, Leipzig +++ VNG - Verbundnetz Gas Aktiengesellschaft, Leipzig +++ Veolia Wasser GmbH, Leipzig +++ Daniel Kirchhof, Leipzig +++ Irena Tomys, Mirkow +++ Prof. Dr. Bernhard & Gisela Schwetzler, Leipzig +++ Katharina Rosenbohm, Frankfurt/Main +++ Thorsten Becker, Hamburg +++ Bueromoebel Mueller Sachsen GmbH, Leipzig +++ Telefonanlagenbau Spanka GmbH, Schkeuditz +++ Dr. Christiane Springer, Leipzig +++ Elfriede & Dr. Horst Saalbach, West Palm Beach (Florida), USA +++ Class P4 of HHL +++ Professor Dr. Georg Milbradt, Dresden +++ Leipziger Stadtbau AG, Leipzig +++ LIB-IT GmbH, Pleidelsheim +++ Heinz Nixdorf Foundation, Essen +++ Gelsenwasser AG, Gelsenkirchen +++ SAM Sachsen Asset Management GmbH, Leipzig +++ Friedhelm Wachs, Leipzig +++ MOHNS | TINTELNOT | PRUGGMAYER | VENNEMANN, Leipzig +++ IMMO100 Gesellschaft mbH, Leipzig +++ HL komm Telekommunikations GmbH, Leipzig +++ TOM TAILOR Holding AG, Hamburg +++ Cargill GmbH, Krefeld +++ Dr. Elmar Günther, Darmstadt +++ Randstad Deutschland, Eschborn +++