The Legal Form as a Factor of Success

The Schaeffler Group is one of the largest German and European industrial companies in family ownership. Together with her son Georg F. W. Schaeffler, owner Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler is continuing the lifelong work of her husband Dr. Ing. h.c. Georg Schaeffler, who died in 1996. Dr. Jürgen M. Geißinger, President and CEO of the Schaeffler Group, is responsible for the operational business and the strategic focus of the group of companies.

As a family-owned company, the Schaeffler Group takes responsibility for achieving sound business management, safeguarding the development of the business and playing an active role in shaping the corporate culture.

In the spirit of a “family business”, the owners and management of the Schaeffler Group see it as their task to continue to develop the company responsibly and sustainably in the long-term.