Klaus Tschira

Klaus Tschira
Klaus Tschira
	at the Planetarium and Visitor centre
Born	7 December 1940; Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Died	31 March 2015 (aged 74); Heidelberg, Germany
Education	University of Karlsruhe
Occupation	Businessman
Known for	Co-founder of SAP AG
Spouse	Married
Children	Udo Tschira; Harald Tschira

Klaus Tschira (7 December 1940 – 31 March 2015) was a German billionaire entrepreneur and the co-founder of the German software company SAP AG.

Life

After gaining his Diplom in physics and working at IBM, Tschira co-founded the German software giant SAP AG in 1972 in Mannheim, Germany together with Hans-Werner Hector, Dietmar Hopp, Hasso Plattner and Claus Wellenreuther. From 1998 to 2007, he was a board member at SAP. He was married to Gerda Tschira and had two sons, Harald and Udo.

He died on 31 March 2015 in Heidelberg.^[2]

Klaus Tschira Foundation

The Klaus Tschira Foundation (KTF) was established by Tschira in 1995 as a non-profit organization. Its primary objective is to support projects in natural and computer sciences as well as mathematics.^[3] The KTF places strong emphasis on public understanding in these fields. Tschira's commitment to this objective was honored in 1999 with the "Deutscher Stifterpreis" by the German National Academic Foundation (German: Studienstiftung). The KTF is located at the Villa Bosch in Heidelberg, Germany, the former residence of Nobel Prize laureate for chemistry Carl Bosch (1874–1940).

Gerda and Klaus Tschira Foundation

In 2008, Tschira and his wife Gerda founded the Gerda and Klaus Tschira Foundation.

Honors

1995: Honorary doctorate of the University of Klagenfurt
1997: Honorary senator of the University of Heidelberg
1999: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Verdienstkreuz am Bande)
1999: Honorary senator of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
1999: Deutscher Stifterpreis by the German National Academic Foundation
2000: Naming the asteroid 13028 Klaustschira by the International Astronomical Union IAU for supporting the miniaturized satellite DIVA
2003: Fellow of the Gesellschaft für Informatik^[4]
2007: Konrad-Zuse-Badge
2007: Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille by the German Institute for Inventions
2008: Alwin-Walther-Medal
2008: Honorary senator of the Heidelberg College of Education
2009: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse)
2010: Honorary doctorate of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
2010: Leibniz-Medal by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
2011: Honorary member of the Astronomische Gesellschaft
Honorary senator of the University of Mannheim

References

^ "Klaus Tschira". Forbes. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
^ Heidelberg: Klaus Tschira tot, rnf.de, access date 31 March 2015 Archived 2015-03-31 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Klaus Tschira Foundation", Life Science Network. Accessed 31 May 2016.
^ GI-Fellow citation Archived 13 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 9 March 2012.

External links

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[Forbes-1] "Klaus Tschira". Forbes. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

[2] Heidelberg: Klaus Tschira tot, rnf.de, access date 31 March 2015 Archived 2015-03-31 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "Klaus Tschira Foundation", Life Science Network. Accessed 31 May 2016.

[4] GI-Fellow citation Archived 13 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 9 March 2012.

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