Emil Lux
According to National Socialist diction, Emil Lux was considered a “ half-Jew ”, but was still employed as a non-commissioned officer in Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union during World War II. He lost an arm in combat operations and retired from active military service. He was awarded the Iron Cross and the Wound Badge.
Then studied Lux at the University of Economics Vienna and in 1945 at the University of Cologne in economics with the work Bulgaria as a market for manufactured goods: German Tools A structural market investigation with special focus on export doctorate .
He joined the tool company Emil Lux GmbH & Co. KG founded by his father . After a stay in the USA in 1954, he brought the idea of a do-it-yourself market with him. Together with Manfred Maus and Klaus Birker, Lux founded the OBI DIY and home improvement stores in 1970 , now one of the largest DIY companies in Germany.
In 1974 he was the founder of "Grid International Germany", a subsidiary of a US company specializing in professional training and organizational development. Lux was a fan of knowledge transfer and further training.
He was particularly active in social engagements with the Marianne and Emil Lux Foundation .
