Walter Kohl
Walter Kohl (born 16 July 1963) is a German financial analyst and author, and the son of former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl.
After his military service he attended college at Harvard University from 1985 to 1989; he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and majored in economics and history. In 1990 he obtained a master's degree in economics at the University of Vienna. He subsequently worked as a financial analyst focusing on the oil and gas industry and capital markets at Morgan Stanley's New York City office. In 1993 he obtained an MBA at INSEAD in France. He returned to Germany in 1994. In 1999 he founded a consulting firm with his father Helmut Kohl.[1] The cooperation ended in 2005, when he founded a company with his second wife, the Korean-born Kyung-Sook Kohl (née Hwang), Kohl & Hwang.
In 2011 he published the book Leben oder gelebt werden about his family, which received much media attention and became a bestseller in Germany.[2] 2011 erhielt Walter Kohl für sein Buch beim Health Media Award einen „Sonderpreis ‚Mut zur Courage‘“.[3] His second book Leben was du fühlst was published in 2013.[4]
Bibliography
- Leben oder gelebt werden: Schritte auf dem Weg zur Versöhnung. Integral Verlag, München 2011, ISBN 978-3-7787-9204-9.
- Leben was du fühlst. Von der Freiheit, glücklich zu sein. Der Weg der Versöhnung. Scorpio, Berlin/München 2013, ISBN 978-3-943416-00-8.
- with Anselm Grün: Was uns wirklich trägt. Über gelingendes Leben. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2014, ISBN 978-3-451-33292-0.
References
- ^ Walter Kohl - Der verlorene Sohn und das Leben im Schatten des Vaters, Hamburger Abendblatt, 28 January 2011.
- ^ FAZ-Buchempfehlung 3. Februar 2011
- ^ Health Media Award: Preisträger abgerufen am 22. Februar 2017
- ^ focus.de: Interview (30. Mai 2013)