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Knorr-Bremse IPO a Success

Ben NussbaumBy Ben NussbaumOctober 16, 2018No Comments2 Mins Read
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After its IPO Friday, German brake conglomerate Knorr-Bremse is officially a public company.

According to Transport Topics, Knorr-Bremse’s majority shareholder, Heinz Hermann Thiele, now has a net worth of about $15.3 billion. According to the site:

Knorr-Bremse was founded in 1905, and Thiele started there in 1969 as a legal specialist in the patents department. He rose through the ranks before buying the company in 1985. At that point Thiele hadn’t even repaid the mortgage on his house.

According to Reuters,

Bankers who worked on the deal said it had been oversubscribed several times over, with good demand from German institutional investors, as well as in Britain, Switzerland and the United States.

“We can be very happy with the flotation, especially given the market volatility of recent days,” said Patrick Frowein of Deutsche Bank after Thiele rang the bell to start trading.

“Big institutional investors realised they are getting a piece of the ‘Made in Germany’ story – a company that embodies the strength of the German economy and industry, and that will be sustainable in the long term.”

The stock initially sold for 80.10 euros but as of Tuesday is trading for around 83.50.

Earlier in The Brake Report: Knorr-Bremse and Continental partner to make highly automated solutions

Ben Nussbaum
Ben Nussbaum

Ben Nussbaum, Chief Content Officer of The Brake Report, has more than 20 years experience in publishing. He was the founding editor for USA Today's line of special interest magazines and the founding editor for i5 Publishing's newsstand one-off magazine program. He lives outside Washington, D.C. Email him at [email protected]

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