Dieter Kempf

Dieter Kempf (born 10 January 1953 in Munich) served as president of the Federation of German Industries (BDI) from 2017 to the end of 2020.

Parallel to school and his studies, Kempf was one of the first German employees to work at McDonald's for seven years, most recently in administration.

During Kempf's time, DATEV developed from a cooperative operating in Germany into one of the largest IT service providers in Europe.

[3] In 2005, Kempf was appointed honorary professor of business administration at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.

[8] In July 2008, Kempf was awarded the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany[9] and the State Medal for Special Services to the Bavarian Economy in 2015.