Reinhold Würth

"Reinhold Würth will often speak later in his life about how he sees himself as a link in the chain of his ancestors. And his primal trust in the family was never broken. Even the worldwide success of his screws began with his grandfather, because it was he who sent his father to apprentice with a screw wholesaler, and now also advised on how to set up his own shop – which Reinhold Würth would take over ten years later."

"Reinhold Würth discovered the passion of his life on these tours. Or rather, he discovered two things. Selling and traveling. And happy is he who never forgets that the two go together."

"Nevertheless, he found a few VW dealers who gave him enough orders for license plate screws for their beetles and bullis to be able to return home proudly."

"those who practice early also become billionaires later. Reinhold Würth started at the age of ten."

"Perhaps Reinhold Würth loved his father so much also because his heart condition had protected him from being drafted to the front. He had not, like so many other fathers, returned from the war a broken man. His soul was not a heap of rubble, he could remain a role model, father, friend and brother in one."

""Visions are less than strategic planning, but more than mere dreams," he once said. And where do visions come to one? Whilst driving. The meditation of the nomads. The synchronicity of wheels and thoughts when both are rolling. The road flows with the breath, the next customer is near, meanwhile the gross domestic product was humming in the fifties like a giant awakening from sleep. And what if this would continue this way forever?"