| Hugo Mann | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 17, 1913 Laupheim, Germany |
| Died | December 20, 2008 (aged 95) Baden-Baden, Germany |
| Residence | Karlsruhe, Germany, Europe & Russia |
| Citizenship | Germany |
| Net worth | 2.6 Billion |
Hugo Mann (November 17, 1913 – December 20, 2008) was a German businessman.
He was born in Laupheim. As a youth, Hugo Mann worked at his grandfather's shop in Karlsruhe where he started his own furniture business in 1938.
In 1950, Mann opened a larger store that turned out to be the key to his success. During the sixties, chain stores sprouted up across Germany. The brand Mann Mobilia for discount quality furniture was established in 1970.
Mann had started another business in 1958, the Wertkauf food store chains. Mann bought FedMart, a chain of department stores in the United States, in 1975. In 1989, Hugo Mann retired and handed the business over to his son Johannes. Wertkauf was sold to Wal-Mart in 1997. The Austrian Lutz group bought Mann Mobilia in 2005.