Karl-Friedrich Scheufele
Karl-Friedrich Scheufele | |
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| Born | 5 February 1958 Pforzheim, Germany |
| Alma mater | International School of Geneva (Ecolint) Faculty of Business and Economics (Lausanne) |
| Occupations | Co-President of Chopard President of La Chronométrie Ferdinand Berthoud |
| Relatives | Caroline Scheufele (sister) |
Karl-Friedrich Scheufele (born 5 February 1958 in Pforzheim) is co-president of Chopard along with his sister, Caroline, and president of La Chronométrie Ferdinand Berthoud.[1] He is the son of Karl and Karin Scheufele, German entrepreneurs who acquired Chopard in 1963.[2] In 2005, he established the Fleurier Quality Foundation, an independent Swiss watch certification body, and he founded the L.U.C.EUM watch museum in Fleurier a year later.[3]
He set up a wine sales company, La Galerie des Arts du Vin, at the end of the 1990s and acquired a number of Caveaux de Bacchus boutiques in Switzerland. In 2012, he bought the Château Monestier-la-Tour wine estate,[4] which produces 150,000 bottles per year in a variety of AOPs in France.
Early life
Karl-Friedrich Scheufele was born in 1958[5] in Pforzheim and lived there until the age of 15. His parents were at the head of watchmaking company Eszeha, based in Pforzheim.[2]
In 1963, his father, Karl, took over the Geneva-based watch manufacturer Chopard.[5][2][6]
Career
Karl-Friedrich Scheufele joined Chopard in the 1980s.[7]
Later, he founded a manufacturer dedicated to the production of high precision mechanical movements.[7][8][9] Chopard Manufacture was inaugurated in 1996 in Fleurier in the Val-de-Travers.[10][11][12]
In 2001, Scheufele and his sister became Co-Presidents of the company. Karl-Friedrich Scheufele and Michel Parmigiani jointly set up the Fleurier Quality Foundation, an independent watch certification body. In 2006, Karl-Friedrich Scheufele inaugurated the L.U.CEUM watchmaking museum in Fleurier.[3]
In 2006, he acquired the Ferdinand Berthoud brand.[11] He registered the trade name under Chronométrie Ferdinand Berthoud in 2013 and launched it in 2015.[5]
In 1996, Scheufele founded a wine sales company, La Galerie des Arts du Vin. Three years later, he bought the Caveau de Bacchus boutique and opened several boutiques across Switzerland.[13]
In 2012, Karl-Friedrich Scheufele bought the Château Monestier-la-Tour in France, a wine estate in the region of Bergerac.[14]
References
- ↑ "See the party photos at the Baselworld 2016 GQ Lifetime Achievement Award". GQ Magazine. 17 March 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Chopard's Karl Scheufele Joins Luxury Billionaire Ranks". Forbes. 15 April 2014.
- 1 2 "Watch Archives Prove Their Worth". The New York Times. 23 March 2017.
- ↑ "Karl Friedrich Scheufele on His Winning Formula and the new Chopard LUC Perpetual T Spirit of the Chinese zodiac piece unique". Luxuo.com. 16 November 2017.
- 1 2 3 Barber, Timothy (12 December 2017). "Karl-Friedrich Scheufele, co-founder of Chopard, on how he grew a small family firm into a global brand". The Telegraph.
- ↑ "Karl Scheufele, III. & family". Forbes. 14 September 2018.
- 1 2 "How to build a luxury brand: Karl-Friedrich Scheufele on Chopard". The Jackal Magazine. 20 August 2018.
- ↑ "Time lord: Karl-Friedrich Scheufele's 20 years of haute horology". Wallpaper.com. 26 October 2016.
- ↑ "Karl-Friedrich Scheufele: Chopard's Family Man". hautetime.com. 4 November 2013.
- ↑ Fleurier – A Village Regains Past Splendor, Published 8 March 2012 The New York Times
- 1 2 "2016 GQ Lifetime Achievement Award for Karl-Friedrich Scheufele, Co-President of Chopard". Watchprosite.com. 20 March 2016.
- ↑ "Luxury watchmakers from Switzerland: Interview with Co-President of Chopard, Karl-Friedrich Scheufele, on the essence of watchmaking". Luxuo.com. 22 May 2017.
- ↑ The Robb Reader Interview with Karl-Friedrich Scheufele, Retrieved 1 May 2010
- ↑ Karl-Friedrich Scheufele of Chopard buys Bergerac Wine Estate, - elitechoice.org