Klaus Evard
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Klaus Evard (* 2 February 1936 in Berlin; † 30 August 2024[1] in Wiesbaden[2]) was a German economist, university teacher, founder of the leading German Business School EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, and entrepreneur.
Evard studied economics, business administration, and law at the FU Berlin and the Universities of Lausanne, Paris (Sorbonne) and Innsbruck. In 1972, he received his doctorate from the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne with the dissertation Bilan consolidé et publicité des entreprises du Konzern d’après la législation allemande contemporaine. In 1971, Klaus Evard founded the European Business School (EBS) in Offenbach am Main, which moved in 1980 to Oestrich-Winkel in the Rheingau to Schloss Reichartshausen. The original concept of the European Business School envisioned a European-oriented education for executives with three locations in France, England, and Germany; he also founded the EBS Paris and the EBS London.[3] Evard was, among other positions, a professor at the École des hautes études commerciales de Paris (HEC), the leading business school in France, and at the Université de la Sorbonne-Nouvelle in Paris. Evard was also involved in the founding of other universities. He initiated and supported the establishment of the International School of Management (ISM) in Dortmund and the California School of International Management in San Diego, where he also served as chairman from 1992.