Rolf Deyhle (3 October 1938 – 2 May 2014) was a German property developer, art collector and film producer. In September 1992 Deyhle was listed by Fortune as having a combined wealth of US$1.1 billion.[1]
Rolf Deyhle | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 October 1938 Stuttgart, Germany |
| Died | 2 May 2014 (aged 75) Badenweiler, Germany |
| Occupation(s) | Property developer and film producer |
| Known for | Art collector |
| Children | 6 |
Deyhle designed the FIFA logo in 1977 and subsequently obtained the marketing rights to all FIFA-related signs, symbols and designs until the 1994 World Cup in the United States, against the wishes of the then-FIFA president, João Havelange.[2]
Deyhle owned Stella AG, the German theatre production company that also owned theatres in Hamburg. In 1997, it employed 4,500 people, claimed to be the market leader in the German musical sector, and was due to float 49% on the German stock market.[3] Stella AG eventually became insolvent and was taken over in 2001 by Stage Entertainment.
Deyhle died on May 2, 2014, and was survived by a wife and six children.[4][5][6]
References
edit- ^ "The Billionaires". Fortune. 7 September 1992. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ Als Herr Deyhle Weltmeister wurde, Der Spiegel, 28. Mai 2006 (german)
- ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (24 May 1997). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 48. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Bogen, Uwe (5 May 2014). "Trauer um Rolf Deyhle: Viel Stoff für ein Musical" [Mourning for Rolf Deyhle: a lot of material for a musical]. Stuttgarter Nachrichten (Stuttgart News) (in German). Stuttgart – via www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de.
- ^ Brand, Jürgen (4 May 2014). "Nachruf auf Rolf Deyhle: Der Musical-Pionier hat Stuttgart verändert" [Obituary for Rolf Deyhle: the musical pioneer changed Stuttgart]. Stuttgarter Zeitung (Stuttgart Newspaper) (in German). Stuttgart.
- ^ "Musical-Pionier Rolf Deyhle gestorben" [Musical pioneer Rolf Deyhle has died]. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Frankfurt General Newspaper) (in German). 4 May 2014.