Julius Meinl V.
| Julius Meinl V | |
|---|---|
| Born |
9 July 1959 London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Businessman, banker |
Julius Meinl V (born 9 July 1959) is a British businessman, resident in Prague Czech Republic (since end of August 2013). He heads a substantial family business which was originally built upon the production and retailing of food products, and which was founded by his great-great-grandfather, Julius Meinl I, in Vienna in 1862.
Julius Meinl V was born in Vienna, Austria to a wealthy family. To prepare him to join the family business, he was educated at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Economiques, Juridiques et Sociales, St Gallen, one of the world's leading business schools. He then gained experience in London with Swiss Bank Corporation and later in the United States with Brown Brothers Harriman, America's oldest and largest private bank. As a boy, Meinl V went to school in Austria, before finishing a degree in banking in Switzerland at the University of St. Gallen.
The Julius Meinl name is synonymous with the family business, and the brand is one of the most well known and prestigious in Austria. The family fortunes were built initially upon the manufacture and sale of quality ground coffee. From this beginning the company grew steadily and successfully, retailing an increasingly wide variety of foods. Over time it become the upmarket grocery multiple, with outlets throughout Austria and in many other Central and Eastern European countries. It also became one of Austria's largest companies.
In 1938, Meinl V's grandfather Julius Meinl III (1903–1991) was forced to leave Austria along with his Jewish wife and their son Meinl IV, while the rest of the Meinl family remained in Austria. Meinl V's mother's family also fled Austria, just managing to escape in 1940. Meinl III took his family to Britain. For this "act of treachery" the German government revoked the citizenship of the Meinl family, denouncing them as "enemies of the Reich". Meinl family became naturalised British citizens in 1946.
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