Josef "Beppo" Mauhart (14 September 1933 – 7 May 2017) was an

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n business executive. During his career, he worked as a newspaper executive and chief executive officer of Austria Tabak. He was also the longest serving president of the

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Biography

Mauhart received his

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at the Wilhering College in

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. After his studies, he was editor of the newspaper of the ''Freier Wirtschaftsverband'' as of 1963. In 1970, he worked as the secretary for

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at the

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. He was appointed to the supervisory board of ''Austria Tabak'' in 1972 and became deputy chairman there in 1976. In 1977, Austria Tabak became a sponsor of the

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football club. The club changed its name to ''Austria Memphis'' – a cigarette brand. From 1988 to 1995, Mauhart was CEO of ''Austria Tabak''. From 1984 to 2002, Mauhart was president of the

. He had the longest tenure in the history of the association. Under the leadership of Mauhart, the ''Wirtschaftsinititative Neues Künstlerhaus'' (English: Economic Initiative New Artist House), WINK, was established in 2005, together with the association of visual artists in Austria and on the initiative of its then-President Manfred Nehrer. The association was founded to support the

Vienna Künstlerhaus The Künstlerhaus in Vienna's 1st district has accommodated the Künstlerhaus Vereinigung since 1868. It is located in the Ringstrassenzone in between Akademiestraße, Bösendorferstraße and Musikvereinsplatz. The building was erected betwee ...

in the collection of sponsorship money in order to renovate the building. In 2011 and 2012 the legendary ''Künstlerhaus-Gschnas'' was held once again, this time as a charity event. Mauhart was vice president of the association ''Bildungsinitiative für die Zukunft'' (English: educational initiative for the future). The association was responsible for the referendum ''Bildungsinitiative'' in November 2011. Mauhart died on 7 May 2017 at the age of 83.

References

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