Thomas Linemayr
Tchibo GmbH, CEO & Chairman of the Executive Board at Executive School of Management, Technology and Law
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Executive School of Management, Technology and Law
Thomas Linemayr has been CEO & Chairman of the Executive Board at Tchibo since 2016. For the past 17 years, as CEO of Lindt & Sprüngli (USA) Inc., he strongly expanded the US business and made the LINDT brand one of the strongest in the world‘s largest chocolate market. Since 2013, Thomas Linemayr has also been a member of the extended management board of the Lindt & Sprüngli Group. The graduate in business administration worked for the Swiss premium chocolate supplier for a total of 21 years. The marketing and sales specialist began his career at Yves Rocher, after which he moved to Johnson & Johnson.
1960 Born in Linz (Austria)
1980 / 1984 Participant Olympic rowing competitions.
1986 Magister of Business Administration University Linz (Austria).
1987 – 1989 Yves Rocher, Salzburg (Austria).
1989 – 1995 Johnson & Johnson Austria GmbH (Austria) Various Marketing & Sales Functions, lastly Director of Marketing.
1995 – 1999 Lindt & Sprüngli GmbH (Germany) Director of Marketing & Sales.
1999 – 2016 Lindt & Sprüngli AG, USA Inc. (USA) CEO and President
2013 – 2016 Lindt & Sprüngli AG, Group Management (Switzerland) Member of Extended Group Management.
2016 Tchibo GmbH (Germany) CEO.
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