Carl Tchilinghiryan

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Carl Tchilinghiryan (27 February 1910 – 8 May 1987) was a German businessman and entrepreneur of Armenian descent. In 1949, together with Max Herz, he founded the "Frisch-Röst-Kaffee Carl Tchiling GmbH", which today is known as Tchibo.

In order to facilitate the pronunciation of his Armenian name for future Tchibo customers, Tchilinghiryan changed the spelling of his name to "Carl Tchiling-Hiryan". Before founding the Tchibo company Tchilinghiryan dealt as a dried fruit specialist in dates, figs and Trail mix.

Carl Tchilinghiryan is buried at the Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Hamburg, Germany, in a family tomb together with his parents Karabet Tchilinghiryan (21 July 1869-12 November 1927) and Erna Tchilinghiryan, née Petersen (18 May 1887-12 July 1959).

Literature

Der Hamburger Hauptfriedhof Ohlsdorf. Geschichte und Grabmäler - Band 1 und Band 2. Hans Christians Verlag. Hamburg, 1990
Hamburgische Biografie - Personenlexikon, Bd. 5

References

HANDEL / KAFFEE - Heiß wie die Hölle. DER SPIEGEL. 17.10.1962
Der Parkfriedhof Ohlsdorf in Hamburg, Teil II. Münchener Begräbnisverein e.V.

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