Klaus Becker | |
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| Born | February 4, 1953 |
| Nationality | German, American |
| Spouse(s) | Concha Becker |
| Awards | Global Service Award, Rotary International, Charlotte City Club, The Global Leader Award, Entrepreneurial Trailblazer Award, Entrepreneur of the Year in North Carolina (Ernest + Young) |
Klaus Becker (born February 4, 1953 in Marburg, Germany) is a German/American businessman, working in the steel industry.
Klaus Becker was born in Marburg, Germany in 1953 and grew up in Dortmund, where his father worked as a technician in a steel production company. He graduated from an apprenticeship program as merchant of foreign trade. Traineeships took him to Italy, Brazil, and the US. [1] [ self-published source ] Later, he studied business administration and national economics and received a master’s degree from the Ruhr-Universität in Bochum. [2]
Since 1979, Becker has lived in Charlotte, North Carolina, working in the international steel trade. [2] In 1991, Becker founded SouthStar Steel Cooperation [3] which became the largest importer of stainless-steel bars in the US within five years. [4] [5] It was the fastest growing privately held company in the Southern Piedmont three years in a row, [6] and was 21st in Inc. Magazine's "The Inner City 100". [7] With warehouses in Charlotte, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Los Angeles, and Houston, the company created new supply lines and distributed stainless steel bars from Spanish, Korean, Brazilian and Italian manufacturers. [8]
Currently, Becker owns Nirosteel LLC, an international steel trading company based in Charlotte. Nirosteel imports steel and steel related products into the US, Mexico and several European countries. [9]
Becker was voted Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young in North Carolina in 1996, [10] and by the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce in 1998. [11] Additionally, he has served as president of the N.C. Chapter of the German-American Chamber of Commerce for seven years, from 2004 to 2011. [12]
Klaus Becker has been married to Concha Becker since 1983. They have a daughter, Fiorella. [13]
In 2013, Klaus Becker was appointed as honorary consul of the Federal Republic of Germany for North Carolina. [14] In this function, he founded the N.C. Zeitgeist Foundation. The goal of the Foundation is to inform about German culture, industry, politics, as well as history. [15] The foundation has promoted Charlotte as a US location for international business, trade, and investment, [16] and Becker continues to engage German and American businesses. [17] He was instrumental in bringing the soccer clubs FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund to Charlotte to play against foreign teams in the International Champions Cup tournament in 2016. [18]
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