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Markus Liebherr
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Markus Liebherr (30 March 1948 – 10 August 2010) was a German-born Swiss businessman and a member of one of Europe's top family business dynasties. He was a Swiss entrepreneur and owner of MALI International AG, which he founded in 1994.
He was the son of the late Hans Liebherr, who started the company Liebherr, one of the world's leading manufacturers of construction machinery, set up over 60 years ago in Germany.
Markus Liebherr studied mechanical engineering and even then had an increased interest in special agricultural vehicles.
He was given equal shares in the German holding company in the 1980s when the business moved its management headquarters to Switzerland. Also his siblings Hubert, Willi and Isolde held shares of the company. He later handed most of his shares back to his family, and ran his own group of companies, the Mali Group, from 1994 until his death. He founded the company in Heinrichsburg near Eberhardzell in the district of Biberach in Upper Swabia.
After the Bavarian tractor manufacturer Anton Schlüter München ceased production in the early 1990s, Mali developed an unofficial successor. Liebherr had previously equipped some Schlüter tractors with Liebherr engines. Only a few prototypes of the two models of the Mali trac with 250 and 300 hp were built, although the concept with suspended front axle, 50 km/h top speed, large cab with rotating operator's platform and removable power lift and hydraulic block was groundbreaking. However, the company was not satisfied with the tried-and-tested transmissions, so the project was initially put on hold.
His holding company, DMWSL 613 Limited, bought English Football League side Southampton in July 2009, which took the club out of administration.
Liebherr died of a heart attack, on 10 August 2010. He reached the age of 62 years.
The MALI Group focuses on the development and market launch of products for the off-road sector. For these vehicles it develops transmission technology, injection technology, development, vehicle construction, control technology.
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