Textile empire
Further uncertainty about the condition of ex-trigema boss Grupp
Former Trigema boss Wolfgang Grupp Senior is considered one of the most famous merchants in Germany. He came to a hospital on Monday. How he is doing is not known.
There are still no new findings about the health of the former Trigema boss Wolfgang Grupp. On Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the company announced on request that they would be informed again in due course. She did not provide any further information. On Monday it became known that Grupp was in a hospital. The 83-year-old is doing well, it said at the time.
Regardless of this, the police had confirmed an assignment in Burladingen – Grupp’s place of residence. Accordingly, an injured person from a private apartment was taken to the hospital with the rescue helicopter. The police did not want to give any details. Officials were on site and had not found any external participation and no criminal offense, said a spokesman. There is therefore no reason for an investigation. The “Black Forest Bote” first reported on the operation.
Grupp led Trigema more than 50 years
The textile entrepreneur Wolfgang Grupp was born in Burladingen in 1942. The city is located on the Swabian Alb (Zollernalbkreis) and has a little more than 12,000 inhabitants. In 1969 Grupp took over the company founded by his grandfather. Trigema is a manufacturer of laundry, leisure and sportswear. The company advertises 100 percent “made in Germany”.
In early 2024, Grupp cleared the chief position and released the management to his son Wolfgang Grupp Junior and his daughter Bonita. Grupp Senior is considered one of the most distinguished and dazzling German merchants. The former sole trigema holder became known, among other things, through iconic television spots with a chimpanzee.
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Source: Stern
