Prof. Dr. h. c. mult. Reinhold Würth honorary doctor of the Faculty of Law of the University of Pécs since 8 November 2012.
Prof. Dr. h. c. mult. Reinhold Würth (1935 - ) was only 19 years old, when he took over his father's wholesale screw business. Under his leadership, the small family enterprise developed within decades into a world class multinational large concern: The Würth Group today consists of over 400 companies and is active in more than 80 countries worldwide. In the fiscal year of 2011, the company turnover was 9.7 billion euros. The corporate group has today more than 65,000 employees.
In 1999 Prof. Reinhold Würth has founded the Interfaculty Institut of Entrepreneurship at the University of Karlsruhe in Germany, which he was a director of until 2003. There he taught the students what is important in establishing and running a business. Reinhold Würth is now Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Würth Group.
He supports the research, science, education, arts and culture, besdides he is known as a generous patron. The art collcection of Reinhold Würth is one of the most important European private collections. It is exhibited in four museums in Germany and ten associated galleries at the corporate headquarters of the international Würth companies.
The Würth Group appeared in 1988 in Hungary. The Würth Technology Ltd. in 1991 established the Reinhold and Carmen Würth Foundation to support university and college education, nature conservation and environmental educational work, to aid children with multiple disadvanteges and young people living in foster homes as well as elderly living in nursing homes. Since 1994, the Foundation supports those students of the Faculty of Law of the University, who are socially disadvantaged but have a strong academic record. Since its establishment, the Foundation has granted over 250 students Würth scholarship at numerous universities.
The recognition of the company's performance as well as the social and cultural commitment of Reinhold Würth is reflected in numerous awards. He has been awarded the honorary doctorate from the University of Tübingen (Germany), Palermo (Italy) and Louisville (Kentucky, USA) and in 2012 the University of Pécs.