Hartmut Lademacher

Hartmut Lademacher (born 5 July 1948) is a German entrepreneur.

Hartmut Lademacher
Born (1948-07-05) July 5, 1948
Known forFounder of LHS Telekommunikation
Net worth US $600 million
Spouse(s)Gabriele Schneider
ChildrenFelix Lademacher
Princess Claire of Luxembourg

Biography

In 1990, Lademacher founded together with Joachim Hertel, Rainer Zimmermann and other IBM executives, the company LHS Specifications GmbH in Dietzenbach.[1] LHS is an acronym for "Lademacher and Hertel Software". In 1997 the company went as the third company ever to the new market.[2] In 2000, the company was sold for 4.7 billion euros to Sema. Lademacher was initially non-executive director at Sema but had to end of November 2000 to resign from that office, when it was revealed that before the release of quarterly figures he had sold Sema shares worth about 100 million DM. In 2004, Lademacher bought back LHS for apparently EUR 50 million to sell it in 2006 to Ericsson.[3]

Lademacher became known to a wider audience when its asset management SMM Germany GmbH bought Villa Andreae from the real estate entrepreneur Jürgen Schneider. His fortune is estimated at EUR 600 million.

Marriage and family

Lademacher is married to Gabriele Lademacher (née Schneider) and has two children. His daughter Claire Margareta Lademacher is the wife of Prince Félix of Luxembourg, the second son of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg.

References
  1. Gunhild Lütge: Die starken Softies, Die Zeit, 31. Dezember 1999
  2. Softwarehaus LHS gibt zweites Börsendebüt, FAZ, 6. Oktober 2006
  3. Tobias Meister: LHS sorgt für Freude, Euro am Sonntag, June 10, 2007
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