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Karl Hopfner (born 28 August 1952) is a German
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executive who has worked for
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. In addition to his role at Bayern Munich, he is on
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's committee for club tournaments, a member of the board of the
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and the
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. He is known for turning around the club's finances when the club had massive debts when he was first hired in 1983. Hopfner was elected President of the FC Bayern München eV.


Career

Hopfner applied for
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of the FC Bayern München eV in 1982 after seeing a "local" job ad. He eventually got the job and started the position in 1983. He eventually became managing director of FC Bayern München Sport-Werbe GmbH and eventually, from 2002, a member of the
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of FC Bayern München AG. He was in–charge of finance as part of his role on the vorstand. He was set to leave the club at the end of 2012 for health reasons. However, at the club's annual general meeting on 15 November 2012, Hopfner was elected as Senior Vice President of FC Bayern München eV. Bayern announced on 26 September 2012 that Jan-Christian Dreesen would replace Hopfner on the vorstand. Dreesen took over on 1 February 2013. Following the resignation of
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, Hopfner was announced as the candidate to become the new President of FC Bayern München e.V. The election was held on 2 May 2014 at the extraordinary general meeting. The result was that he would succeed Hoeneß as the new club president. During his career at Bayern, Hopfner was a member of the board of the Deutsche Fußball Liga and the
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and also sits on the club commission for
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.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hopfner, Karl 1952 births FC Bayern Munich board members German chairpersons of corporations Corporate executives German chief executives Chief operating officers Living people Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany