Hans Riegel

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]

Hans Riegel in June 2005

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
  1. Haribo-Chef Hans Riegel gestorben, focus.de, October 15, 2013
  2. "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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