Crisis manager
By Silke Wettach - 20.05.2010 / 04:40 CET
Wolf Klinz didn't start his political career until he was in his sixties, but he is making up for lost time.
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Wolf Klinz, as seen by Marco Villard.
Fact file
Curriculum Vitae
1941: Born, Vienna
1963: MComm from the Vienna University of Economics and Business
1965: Doctorate from the Vienna University of Economics and Business
1966: Master's in business administration from Insead, Fontainebleau
1966-70: Sales manager in the automotive industry in the UK, Germany and the US
1970-81: Partner, McKinsey & Company
1982-90: Member of the board of Landis & Gyr, Switzerland
1990-94: Board member, Treuhandanstalt Berlin
1994-96: Board member, Lurgi, Frankfurt
1996-99: CEO of Hartmann & Braun, Frankfurt
2000-03: CEO of AGIV, Frankfurt
2000-04: Honorary president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Frankfurt
2004-: Member of the European Parliament
2009-: Chairman of the special committee on the financial, economic and social crisis
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