Hans Rudolf Wöhrl (1947)
Partner

20.11.1947: Hans Rudolf Wöhrl is born in Nuremberg as the younger of two sons of Rudolf Wöhrl.

1966: After completing his industrial education as a retailer, Wöhrl founds, together with his older brother Gerhard, the Carnaby’s Shops in Nuremberg; Designed after the image and vibe of London’s Carnaby Street, the shop grew to become Germany’s largest fashion boutique within 25 years.

1969: Wöhrl acquires his private pilot license.

1970: Teaming up with his brother Gerhard again, he takes over the Wöhrl textile retail chain, which he manages until 2002.

1974: Wöhrl acquires his commercial pilot license and founds the airline NFD (Nürnberger Flugdienst) INTRO GmbH & Co. KG.

1980: Acquisition of the ATPL-License to operate larger aircrafts as commercial pilot.

1988: NFD INTRO GmbH & Co. KG is changed into NFD Luftverkehrs AG.

1992: Wöhrl sells his shares of NFD to Eurowings AG.

2002: Hans Rudolf Wöhrl quits active management within the Wöhrl textile group and becomes member of the board of the newly founded Rudolf Wöhrl AG.

01.07.2003: Hans Rudolf Wöhrl becomes CEO of dba; INTRO acquires all shares of this German airline with a fleet of 26 jet-aircrafts.

01.04.2004: Starting the new business year, Hans Rudolf Wöhrl becomes chairman of the dba board and hands over the active management to Peter Wojahn and Martin Gauss.

Feb. 2005: dba takes over the German airline GEXX with its 12 aircrafts.

Feb./June 2006: INTRO acquires all shares of LTU International Airlines.

April 2006: Hans Rudolf Wöhrl becomes chairman of the LTU board.

August 2006: INTRO sells the now highly profitable airline dba to Air Berlin.

16.11.2006: Hans Rudolf Wöhrl is awarded the GQ award for “man of the year” in the category business.

26.03.2007: INTRO sells all shares of LTU to Air Berlin.

09.08.2007: The German anti-trust agency approves the Air Berlin - LTU deal. Hans Rudolf Wöhrl hands over his seat in the LTU board to Air Berlin.

Hans Rudolf Wöhrl in his own words:” I am an entrepreneur and service provider with every cell
of my body. There is a red line running though my whole life: All things I love, flying for example,
I immediately try to transform into business ideas.”