Degussa Sonne/Mond Goldhandel GmbH

Degussa Sonne/Mond Goldhandel GmbH
founded in the year	2010
acronym	Deugssa Goldhandel
City	Munich; Frankfurt
Country	Germany
Website	https://web.archive.org/web/20200424155437/https://www.degussa-goldhandel.de/
Legal form	GmbH
address	Promenadeplatz 12, 80333 München
founder	August von Finck junior
number of employees	160
Last revision	11.05.2020
Output of Degussa Sonne/Mond Goldhandel GmbH 2024
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The following coordinate was not recognized: 48.140751; 11.571540.The following coordinate was not recognized: 48.140751; 11.571540. Degussa Sonne/Mond Goldhandel GmbH (usually abbreviated to Degussa Goldhandel) is a precious metals trading company founded in 2010 with its head office in Munich and its headquarters in Frankfurt am Main. Apart from the rights to the name, there is no corporate continuity with the Evonik Degussa GmbH, which was founded in 1873.

Organizational Structure and Funding

Degussa is wholly owned by an investment company that belongs to one of the wealthiest German families (von Finck). In 2010 this company acquired the rights to use the brand in connection with the precious metals business from Evonik Industries AG and founded the company Degussa.

Address

Promenadeplatz 12, 80333 München

People

Executive board

People leading the Think Tank in the day to day business (CEOs, directorates etc.).

• Markus Ragg

• Markus Krall (2019)

• Werner Schätzler

• Markus Weiß

• Arnd Gollan

Staff

People working for the Think Tank (Fellows etc.). This includes also part-time employees.

• Thorsten Polleit (2012), Chief economist

Economist Thorsten Polleit has been Chief Economist at Degussa since 2012.

Cooperations with Non-Think Tanks

• Ludwig von Mises Institut Deutschland

Topics

We used the DGs of the EU to generate a basic list of topics. This list is going to be steadily extended. However we try to preserve a persistent list of topics.

• Economic and Monetary Affairs
• Foreign Trade
• Gold
• conservatism

Notes

This section is used to note presumptions that need further investigation, as well as things that don't fit into other sections.

According to Spiegel, Degussa Goldhandel was involved in a lucrative gold trade with the Afd party in Germany ("AfD-Goldshop").