Friedberg (Bayern) – Mourning for a furniture pioneer: Peter Segmüller is dead. The entrepreneur died last week at the age of 83. His family announced this.
Together with his brothers Hans and Paul, Segmüller built the furniture store group of the same name – today a giant with around 4,000 employees. During his active years, he was primarily responsible for marketing and took over the family business Bayern known beyond.
50,000 square meters of exhibition space: The largest of the seven Segmüller furniture stores in Weiterstadt (Hesse)
From the workshop to the furniture store brand
With activities such as beer tents, bouncy castles and event areas directly at the furniture stores, he attracted countless customers and thus set standards in the German furniture trade.
Peter Segmüller joined his parents’ company in 1967 – at that time a small upholstered furniture business. With clever ideas and entrepreneurial courage, the three brothers created a furniture empire. In 2016 they were awarded the Bavarian Founder’s Prize in the Lifetime Achievement category.