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Carl Tchilinghiryan (27 February 1910 – 8 May 1987) was a German businessman of Armenian origin, who co-founded the coffee house
HANDEL / KAFFEE - Heiß wie die Hölle
Der Spiegel. 17.10.1962
Der Parkfriedhof Ohlsdorf in Hamburg, Teil II
Münchener Begräbnisverein e.V. {{DEFAULTSORT:Tchilinghiryan Carl 1910 births 1987 deaths Businesspeople in coffee German people of Armenian descent German company founders 20th-century German businesspeople Burials at the Ohlsdorf Cemetery
Carl Tchilinghiryan (27 February 1910 – 8 May 1987) was a German businessman of Armenian origin, who co-founded the coffee house Tchibo
Tchibo is a German chain of coffee retailers and cafés known for its range of non-coffee products that change weekly. The latter includes: clothing, furniture, household items, electronics and electrical appliances. In Germany, Tchibo's slogan i ...
.
Career
In 1949, together with Max Herz, he founded the "Frisch-Röst-Kaffee Carl Tchiling GmbH", which today is known as Tchibo. Before founding the Tchibo company Tchilinghiryan dealt as a dried fruit specialist in dates,figs
The fig is the edible fruit of ''Ficus carica'', a species of small tree in the flowering plant family Moraceae. Native to the Mediterranean and western Asia, it has been cultivated since ancient times and is now widely grown throughout the worl ...
and trail mix
Trail mix or scroggin is a type of snack mix, typically a combination of granola, dried fruit, nuts, and sometimes candy, developed as a food to be taken along on hikes. Trail mix is considered a great snack food for hikes, because it is l ...
.
In order to facilitate the pronunciation of his Armenian name for future Tchibo customers, Tchilinghiryan changed the spelling of his name to "Carl Tchiling-Hiryan".
Death
Tchilinghiryan is buried at theOhlsdorf Cemetery
Ohlsdorf Cemetery (german: Ohlsdorfer Friedhof or (former) ) in the Ohlsdorf quarter of the city of Hamburg, Germany, is the biggest rural cemetery in the world and the fourth-largest cemetery in the world. Most of the people buried at the cemet ...
in Hamburg
Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...
, Germany, in a family tomb together with his parents Karabet Tchilinghiryan (21 July 1869 – 12 November 1927) and Erna Tchilinghiryan, née Petersen (18 May 1887 – 12 July 1959).
Tchibo is 100% owned by the Herz family, Ingeburg Herz (Max Herz's widow), and two of her sons, Michael Herz and Wolfgang Herz
Wolfgang Herz (born 1950) is a German billionaire businessman, co-owner of the German coffee shop and retail chain Tchibo.
Family business
Herz is the son of Max Herz and Ingeburg Herz. His father co-founded Tchibo in 1949 with Carl Tchilingh ...
, through their company Maxingvest AG.
Further reading
* ''Der Hamburger Hauptfriedhof Ohlsdorf. Geschichte und Grabmäler - Band 1 und Band 2''. Hans Christians Verlag. Hamburg, 1990 * ''Hamburgische Biografie - Personenlexikon, Bd. 5''References
HANDEL / KAFFEE - Heiß wie die Hölle
Der Spiegel. 17.10.1962
Der Parkfriedhof Ohlsdorf in Hamburg, Teil II
Münchener Begräbnisverein e.V. {{DEFAULTSORT:Tchilinghiryan Carl 1910 births 1987 deaths Businesspeople in coffee German people of Armenian descent German company founders 20th-century German businesspeople Burials at the Ohlsdorf Cemetery