Hamburg Coffee King Albert Darboven (82, Mövenpick Coffee, Idea Coffee, Eilles) attacks in the argument with his son Arthur (53) bandages hard. Until now, Darboven's bylaws stipulate that only one family member can be a shareholder of the corporation.
Apparently, to avoid this obstacle, Albert "Atti" Darboven has now applied for adoption at the Blankenese District Court. The Chosen One is just a member of the Bremen Coffee Dynasty – Dr. Ing. Andreas Jacobs (54)!
Darboven's son, Arthur, who left the company in 2009 in an argument with his father, still holds 17.5%. He and his two cousins Arndt and Behrendt (meeting at 25%) now fear not only for their financial legacy, but also for the preservation of the Empire.
Arthur Darboven at BILD: "We must fear the liquidation of our family business."
The Jacobs Scion has long ceased its activities with coffee. He is an investor, buys companies, develops them and sells them again.
In an open letter containing BILD as well as a document on the process of adoption, Arthur, Arndt and Behrendt Darboven ask the patriarch to refrain from his plans.
And use the most imaginable scene for this: Sunday, the German Gallop Derby takes place in Hamburg-Horn – obligatory date for the society of the Hanseatic city. The sponsor: Idee Kaffee.
"We deliberately chose this weekend, because we want to awaken the father, his projects do not exceed us, but to form with we "said Arthur Darboven, who will not be in Horn today. "We will defend ourselves by all legal means against the adoption of Mr. Jacobs."
The open letter states that the company should not be "a toy for investors in search of profits."
only to members of the Darboven family
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