Name:

Date of birth:

Birthplace:

Residences:

Horst Brandstätter

27.06.1933

Zirndorf, Germany

Zirndorf

Jupiter Island (Florida, USA)

Began education as a mould maker

Became a partner after reaching mature age (21 years at the time)

Significant business success with producing hula hoops Market leader in Europe

Erection of a modern, ground-level production facility on 200,000m2 of private property in Dietenhofen and relocation of production

Construction of a production facility abroad in Malta relocation of cost-intensive product component manufacture

Market launch of the PLAYMOBIL toy system , which had been in development since 1971

Tripled production from 22 million DM to about 100 million DM and invested heavily in the business

Commissioned a fully automatic high-rise warehouse at the production facility in Dietenhofen

Purchased the modern headquarters of administration, development, marketing and sales in Zirndorf costs approx. 50 million DM

Opened the PLAYMOBIL fun park in Zirndorf and introduced the planters brand LECHUZA

Sales record of the Brandstätter group at just under 500 million Euro with approx. 3,000 employees internationally

Cross of Merit on ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany

Awarded honorary citizenship of his home town of Zirndorf

Awarded “Manager of the Year” by the German Corporate Consultant Organization (BDU)

Bavarian Order of Merit

Federal Cross of Merit, First Class