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Erck Rickmers

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Erck Rickmers
Rickmers in 2016
Hamburg Parliament
Preceded byCarola Veit
Succeeded byDirk Fischer
Personal details
Born (1964-04-29) 29 April 1964 (age 60)
Bremerhaven, Germany
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
ResidenceHamburg
EducationUniversity of California
OccupationBusinessman, politician

Erck Rickmers (born 29 April 1964 in Bremerhaven) is a German businessman and politician of the SPD (Social Democratic Party). He was an MP from 2011 to 2012.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

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Erck Rickmers was born and grew up in Bremerhaven. He comes from the Rickmers family of entrepreneurs in Bremerhaven, whose founder, Rickmer Clasen Rickmers, founded the Rickmers shipyard in Bremerhaven in 1834. He did his schooling at the Stiftung Louisenlund in Schleswig-Holstein. After receiving his Abitur certificate and completing his military service with the German Air Force, he qualified as a shipping merchant following an apprenticeship with the Hamburg shipping company Ernst Russ. Among other positions, Rickmers subsequently worked as a ship broker at Harper Petersen & Co. in London. Rickmers attended a graduate program at the University of California, Santa Barbara, completing an M.A. degree in Religious Studies from 2015 to 2017.[4][5]

Politics

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Rickmers is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). At the 2011 Hamburg state election, he became a member of the Hamburg Parliament.[6] As a member of the Hamburg Parliament, Rickmers chaired the committee on economics, innovation, and media and was a member of both the budget committee and the committee on public enterprises. In 2013, he reportedly left politics.[7]

Business career

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In 1992, Rickmers co-founded the Hamburg-based investment company Nordcapital and became its sole shareholder in 1996. In 1998, he established the shipping company E.R. Schiffahrt.[8][9] In 2008 Rickmers merged his assets under the umbrella of E.R. Capital Holding. Rickmers was selected as a chairman of the group in 2010.[10][11][12][13]

Erck Rickmers founded THE NEW INSTITUTE in Hamburg in early 2020.[14] The institute is an experimental initiative that aims to develop social imaginaries for future societies by combining academic rigor with innovative practice. Its stated objective is to inspire, promote, and implement societal change.[15]

Personal life

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Rickmers is based in Hamburg, Germany. He is divorced from Cristina Sartori; they have five daughters.[16][17]

Philanthropy

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In 2016 Rickmers established the International Foundation for the Humanities and Social Change. The foundation supports research centers at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice, as well as the University of Cambridge and the Humboldt University of Berlin.[18][19][20][21][22][23]

Publications

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  • Erik Lindner: 175 Jahre Rickmers. Hoffmann und Campe 2009, ISBN 978-3455501117, S. 241–280.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Erck Rickmers GmbH & Cie. KG: Private Company Information – Bloomberg". Bloomberg L.P.
  2. ^ Hansa: wöchentlich erscheinendes Zentralorgan für Schiffahrt, Schiffbau, Hafen (in German). 1998.
  3. ^ Fairplay. Fairplay Publications Limited. 2004.
  4. ^ "Hamburger Reeder Erck Rickmers:Wir hatten nicht mehr viel außer unserem Namen".
  5. ^ Containerisation International. 2005.
  6. ^ "Erck Rickmers leaving Hamburg parliament". American Shipper.
  7. ^ "Schifffahrtskrise: So schlecht geht es der Reederei Rickmers wirklich – WELT". DIE WELT.
  8. ^ Fink, Olaf Preuß und Hans-Juergen. "Erck Rickmers mischt die Schifffahrt auf". abendblatt.de (in German).
  9. ^ "Top 100 – 74. Erck Rickmers, ER Schiffhart – Lloyd's List". lloydslist.com.
  10. ^ "Finance – Ratings agency downgrades struggling Rickmers Holding – Lloyd's List". lloydslist.com.
  11. ^ "Germany: Two Companies from Erck Rickmers Group Join United Nations Global Compact". World Maritime News.
  12. ^ Lloyd's Shipping Economist. Lloyd's of London Press. 2002.
  13. ^ "Erck Rickmers Sells E.R. Schiffahrt and Harper Petersen". The Maritime Executive.
  14. ^ "Press THE NEW INSTITUTE - THE NEW INSTITUTE". thenew.institute. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Press THE NEW INSTITUTE - THE NEW INSTITUTE". thenew.institute. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  16. ^ ""Ich habe etwas Rebellisches in mir": Vojta fragt nach – WELT". DIE WELT. 12 September 2018.
  17. ^ "The Women Who Run Montecito". Issuu: 43. 20 February 2015.
  18. ^ "E.R. Capital Holding: Erck Rickmers verabschiedet sich aus dem operativen Geschäft | private-banking-magazin.de". private-banking-magazin.de (in German). 6 November 2013.
  19. ^ "Schulden-Krise! Multi-Millionär (64) will 75 Prozent seines Unternehmens abgeben, 28 Millionen zahlen – Reeder Bertram Rickmers droht der Schiffbruch". Bild (in German). 20 April 2017.
  20. ^ "MINUTES 131 st MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES UC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION Saturday, February 25, 2017 Corwin Pavilion" (PDF).
  21. ^ "Chancellor's Council Storke Associates" (PDF).
  22. ^ "Erck Rickmers". marinelink.com.
  23. ^ "CRASSH – International Centre for the Humanities and Social Change". University of Cambridge. 4 November 2021.
Preceded by Member of Hamburg Parliament
2012 		Succeeded by
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