Personalities

These 125 years of Linde’s history have produced a wealth of ideas and inventors - ingenious engineers with entrepreneurial spirit and a far-reaching economic perspective. Learn here about some of these outstanding persons.

Carl von Linde at the age of 83 (1925). more

Friedrich Schipper Chairman of the Executive Board from 1890 to 1924. more

Dr. phil. Friedrich Linde Chairman of the Executive Board from 1924 to 1946. more

Rudolf Diesel, Paulus Heylandt and Mathias Fränkl: independent inventor-engineers. more

Rudolf Wucherer chairman of the Executive Board from 1952 to 1954. more

Dr.-Ing. Richard Linde at the age of 53 (1929). more

Dr.-Ing. Hugo Ombeck chairman of the Executive Board from 1954 to 1961. more

Dr.-Ing. Johannes Wucherer (1906 - 2005) chairman of the Executive Board from 1961 to 1972. more

Dr. Hermann Linde The third generation of the Linde AG Executive Board: Dr. Hermann Linde as speaker of the Executive Board (1972-1976). more

Dr. rer. pol. Hans Meinhardt President and CEO of the Executive Board from 1976 to 1997; chairman of the Supervisory Board from 1997 to 2003. more

Gerhard Full President and CEO of the Executive Board from 1997 to 2003; since 2003 member of the Supervisory Board. more

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Reitzle Appointed President and CEO of the Executive Board on January 1, 2003. more