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Hanni Toosbuy

Danish businesswoman

Hanni Toosbuy Kasprzak (born 1957) is a Danish billionaire, the owner and chair of ECCO, the Danish shoe company which was founded by her father in 1963.2

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Born Jul 21, 1957.1

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Early life and education

Hanni Toosbuy was born in 1957. Her father, Karl Toosbuy, founded ECCO in 1963.

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Career

Occupation: businessperson, manager.5

Kasprzak joined ECCO on completing her school education. When she was only 21, she complied with her father's request to work in quality control in India. "I spent more than a year there," she explained. "Learning at the factory level is possibly the best way to understand a business." After India, she went to Germany but returned to Denmark in 1997 as ECCO chairman.

Since March 2014, she has also been a member of Sydbank's advisory board.

In June 2018, according to Forbes, she had a net worth of $2.6 billion.

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Personal life

  • CitizenshipKingdom of Denmark6
  • ResidenceHaderslev7 8

Toosbuy is married to Dieter Kasprzak, who has served as ECCO's president since 2004. Their son, André, is a golfer and their daughter, Anna, practices dressage.

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Awards

  • 2019Knight of the 1st Class of the Order of the Dannebrog9 10

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