In April 2018, the billion-dollar Tengelmann boss Karl-Erivan Haub was missing under mysterious circumstances.
His brother wanted to officially declare him dead - now he withdrew the application.
Cologne - The co-partner of the
Tengelmann
Group
,
Georg Haub
, has
apparently surprisingly withdrawn
the application for a declaration of death for his brother
Karl-Erivan
.
The
WAZ
reports
, citing the
Cologne District Court
.
The process should be continued first, it said.
Karl-Erivan Haub
, one of the richest Germans, set out on a ski tour alone at the beginning of April 2018 and never returned.
A large-scale search for the then 58-year-old entrepreneur was also unsuccessful.
The family assumed that he had a
fatal accident
on the
Klein Matterhorn
near
Zermatt
in
Switzerland
.
Haub's younger brother Christian then took over sole management of the
Tengelmann
Group
.
The process had
triggered a struggle for power and billions
in the family
empire, which
includes
the DIY chain
Obi
and the textile discounter
KiK
.
The managing and personally liable
Tengelmann
shareholder
Christian Haub
had offered the wife of his missing brother,
Katrin Haub
, according to his own statements, 1.1 billion euros for the company shares of the missing person.
Haub's brother Georg had initiated proceedings for a declaration of death at the Cologne District Court last October.
The corresponding applications from "
Christian Haub
and the
Tengelmann
Group
" would be upheld, reports the
WAZ
, citing a spokesman for the Cologne District Court.
(dpa / utz)