Biography
Erivan Haub was born 29 September 1932 in Wiesbaden. His mother Elizabeth originates from the Mülheimer family Schmitz-Scholl, the owners of the grocery chain Tengelmann.
After the Second World War, he completed two internships with the Jewel Tea company in Chicago and the Alpha-Beta company in La Habra, California, before returning to Germany to study economics at the University of Hamburg.
He joined the family business in 1963. Upon the death of his uncle Karl Schmitz-Scholl in March, 1969 he became the group's managing director. In 2000 he handed the position over to his son Karl-Erivan, and joined the supervisory board.
The Haub School of Business at Saint Joseph's University is named in his honor.
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