Award
Hessian Order of Merit
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q2163178 · wikidata
SACRED LEGACY ARCHIVES™
1937-11-03 – 2024-05-22
Rolf-Ernst Breuer (3 November 1937 – 22 May 2024) was a German businessman and lawyer. He spent most of his career at Deutsche Bank, of which he was CEO from 1997 to 2002 and president of the supervisory board from 2002 to 2006. During his leadership, Deutsche Bank acquired Bankers Trust, expanded its investment-banking operations in the United States and listed its shares on the New York Stock Exchange. Breuer also chaired the supervisory board of Deutche Börse and held leadership positions in German financial, cultural, and educational organizations, primarily at the Goethe University Frankfurt.
jurist, businessperson, chairperson of the executive board, bank manager
University of Bonn
Hessian Order of Merit; Vernon A. Walters Award; Grand Officer, Special Class of the Order of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria; Ehrenplakette der Stadt Frankfurt am Main
Ehrenplakette der Stadt Frankfurt am Main · Grand Officer, Special Class of the Order of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria · Hessian Order of Merit · Vernon A. Walters Award
University of Bonn
Hessian Order of Merit
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q2163178 · wikidata
Vernon A. Walters Award
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q2163178 · wikidata
Grand Officer, Special Class of the Order of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q2163178 · wikidata
Ehrenplakette der Stadt Frankfurt am Main
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q2163178 · wikidata
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