Hans Riegel

Hans Riegel in June 2005

Johannes Peter "Hans" Riegel (10 March 1923 – 15 October 2013)^[1] was a German entrepreneur who owned and operated the confectioner Haribo since 1946.^[2]

Riegel was born on 10 March 1923 in Bonn, Germany. He was the oldest son of the company's founder Hans Riegel Sr., who invented the gummy bear in 1922.^[2] He studied at the University of Bonn.

Riegel owned the Jakobsburg Hotel and Golf resort near Boppard in the Rhine Valley in Germany.^[3] Riegel died on 15 October 2013 from heart failure after a surgical procedure was made to remove a brain tumor in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was 90 years old.

References

↑ Haribo-Chef Hans Riegel gestorben, focus.de, October 15, 2013
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "The history of HARIBO International". HARIBO. 2010. Archived from the original on 18 February 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
↑ "jakobsberg.de". Archived from the original on 2013-10-18. Retrieved 2013-10-19.

Other websites

Media related to Hans Riegel at Wikimedia Commons

Haribo corporate website

[1] Haribo-Chef Hans Riegel gestorben, focus.de, October 15, 2013

[haribo-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "The history of HARIBO International". HARIBO. 2010. Archived from the original on 18 February 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2010.

[3] "jakobsberg.de". Archived from the original on 2013-10-18. Retrieved 2013-10-19.

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