Karl-Friedrich Scheufele
Swiss businessman
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Karl-Friedrich Scheufele (born 5 February 1958 in Pforzheim) is co-president of Chopard along with his sister, Caroline, and president of La Chronométrie Ferdinand Berthoud.[1] He is the son of Karl and Karin Scheufele, German entrepreneurs who acquired Chopard in 1963.[2] In 2005, he established the Fleurier Quality Foundation, an independent Swiss watch certification body, and he founded the L.U.C.EUM watch museum in Fleurier a year later.[3]
Faculty of Business and Economics (Lausanne)
President of La Chronométrie Ferdinand Berthoud
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| Born | 5 February 1958 Pforzheim, Germany |
| Alma mater | International School of Geneva (Ecolint) Faculty of Business and Economics (Lausanne) |
| Occupations | Co-President of Chopard President of La Chronométrie Ferdinand Berthoud |
| Relatives | Caroline Scheufele (sister) |
He set up a wine sales company, La Galerie des Arts du Vin, at the end of the 1990s and acquired a number of Caveaux de Bacchus boutiques in Switzerland. In 2012, he bought the Château Monestier-la-Tour wine estate,[4] which produces 150,000 bottles per year in a variety of AOPs in France.
Early life
Career
Karl-Friedrich Scheufele joined Chopard in the 1980s.[7]
Later, he founded a manufacturer dedicated to the production of high precision mechanical movements.[7][8][9] Chopard Manufacture was inaugurated in 1996 in Fleurier in the Val-de-Travers.[10][11][12]
In 2001, Scheufele and his sister became Co-Presidents of the company. Karl-Friedrich Scheufele and Michel Parmigiani jointly set up the Fleurier Quality Foundation, an independent watch certification body. In 2006, Karl-Friedrich Scheufele inaugurated the L.U.CEUM watchmaking museum in Fleurier.[3]
In 2006, he acquired the Ferdinand Berthoud brand.[11] He registered the trade name under Chronométrie Ferdinand Berthoud in 2013 and launched it in 2015.[5]
In 1996, Scheufele founded a wine sales company, La Galerie des Arts du Vin. Three years later, he bought the Caveau de Bacchus boutique and opened several boutiques across Switzerland.[13]
In 2012, Karl-Friedrich Scheufele bought the Château Monestier-la-Tour in France, a wine estate in the region of Bergerac.[14]