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{{Short description|German businessman (born 1963)}}
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| name               = Jochen Zeitz
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| birth_name         = Jochen Zeitz
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1963|4|6}}
| birth_place        = [[Mannheim, Germany]]<ref name=thetimes>{{cite news | author = Arlidge, John | date=25 July 2021 | title=Uneasy Rider Jochen Zeitz on the Long Road to Making Harley-Davidson Hip Again | work = [[The Sunday Times]] (TheTimes.com) | url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/article/uneasy-rider-jochen-zeitz-harley-davidson-hip-lh5tjtpnw | access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref>
| education          = [[EBS University of Business and Law|European Business School]]
| title              = {{Unbulleted list|Chairman, President and CEO of [[Harley-Davidson, Inc.]]|Chairman of [[LiveWire (company)|LiveWire, Inc.]]}}
| spouse             = Kate Garwood<ref name=thetimes/>
| children           = 2<ref name=thetimes/>
}}

'''Jochen Zeitz''' (born 6 April 1963) is a businessman best known for his work as CEO of [[Harley-Davidson|Harley-Davidson, Inc.]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harley-Davidson USA |url=https://www.harley-davidson.com/us/en/errors/404.html |access-date=9 March 2023 |website=Harley-Davidson |language=en-us |archive-date=8 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308223921/https://www.harley-davidson.com/us/en/errors/404.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and chairman of [[LiveWire (company)|LiveWire Inc]]. In April 2025, Zeitz announced his intention to retire from the company after five years as CEO.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MSN |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/harley-davidson-seeks-new-ceo-as-jochen-zeitz-plans-to-step-down/ar-AA1CwpGP?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1 |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=www.msn.com}}</ref>  

Previously Zeitz served as the chairman and CEO of [[Puma (brand)|Puma]] for 18 years.{{citation needed lead|date=April 2025}}<!--NOT CONTAINED IN MAIN BODY.--> He also served as a board member of [[Kering]], the luxury goods company and chaired their sustainability committee, for whom he developed its global sustainability strategy. Zeitz is currently a board member of [[The B Team]] and Cranemere.{{citation needed lead|date=April 2025}} 

In addition, Zeitz previously served on the board of Wilderness Safaris. Zeitz is also the co-founder of The B Team<ref>{{Cite journal |date=December 2012 |title=Call For Wellington Award Nominations |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0013791x.2012.729947 |journal=The Engineering Economist |volume=57 |issue=4 |pages=308–309 |doi=10.1080/0013791x.2012.729947 |s2cid=219639868 |issn=0013-791X|url-access=subscription }}</ref> with [[Richard Branson]], and the [[Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa]].

==Early life==
Zeitz was born on 6 April 1963 in [[Mannheim]], Germany.<ref name="o292">{{cite web | last=Busse | first=Caspar | last2=Kläsgen | first2=Michael | title=Puma-Chef Zeitz im Gespräch | website=[[Süddeutsche.de]] | date=7 June 2010 | url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/puma-chef-zeitz-im-gespraech-inspiration-aus-afrika-1.954417 | language=de | access-date=14 May 2025}}</ref><ref name=thetimes/> He studied in Germany, Italy, France, and the United States,<ref name=ftimes>{{Cite news |last=Cole |first=Teresa Levonian |date=3 May 2018 |title=Jochen Zeitz: on a mission to the art of Africa |url=https://www.ft.com/content/5c3531e0-4947-11e8-8c77-ff51caedcde6 |work=Financial Times |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220326203757/https://www.ft.com/content/5c3531e0-4947-11e8-8c77-ff51caedcde6 |archive-date=26 March 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=thetimes/> and graduated from the [[EBS University of Business and Law|European Business School]] in International Marketing and Finance.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ashton |first=James |date=5 April 2015 |title=Jochen Zeitz: The Businessman Who Uses His Millions to Change Opinions on Climate Change | work = [[The Independent]] | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/jochen-zeitz-the-businessman-who-uses-his-millions-to-change-opinions-on-climate-change-10157482.html | access-date = 19 April 2025}}</ref>

==Career==
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Zeitz began his professional career with [[Colgate-Palmolive]] in New York and Hamburg.<ref name="o292" /> 

===Puma===

He joined [[Puma (brand)|Puma]] in 1990, and in 1993 was appointed chairman and CEO, becoming, at the age of 30, the youngest CEO in German history to head a public company.<ref name=ftimes /> He then led the worldwide restructuring of Puma, which was in financial difficulties at the time, and implemented a long-term development plan <ref>{{Cite journal |date=September 2006 |title=September/October Issue |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2469/cfm.v17.n5.4274 |journal=CFA Magazine |volume=17 |issue=5 |pages=1–48 |doi=10.2469/cfm.v17.n5.4274 |issn=1543-1398|url-access=subscription |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=O'Hara |first=Alexander |date=24 May 2018 |title=Movers and Shakers? |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190857967.003.0004 |journal=Oxford Scholarship Online |volume=1 |doi=10.1093/oso/9780190857967.003.0004|url-access=subscription }}</ref> that saw Puma's share price gain around 4,000&nbsp;percent <ref>{{Citation |title=What's next? |date=5 March 2016 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119085676.ch17 |work=The Common Fisheries Policy |pages=341–366 |access-date=9 March 2023 |place=Chichester, UK |publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Ltd |doi=10.1002/9781119085676.ch17 |isbn=978-1-119-08567-6|url-access=subscription }}</ref> in 13 years, from {{€|8.6|link=yes}} in his first year as CEO to an all-time high of €350<ref>{{Cite journal |journal=World Bank, Hanoi|date=December 2016 |title=Taking Stock, December 2016: An Update on Vietnam's Recent Economic Developments |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1596/25748 |doi=10.1596/25748|url-access=subscription }}</ref> when the majority stake of the company was acquired by [[Kering]] in 2007.<ref>{{Citation |title=28. The Clever Little Tailor– 70. The Golden Key |date=31 December 2015 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781400851898-010 |work=The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm |pages=377–474 |access-date=9 March 2023 |publisher=Princeton University Press|doi=10.1515/9781400851898-010 |isbn=9781400851898 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> 

Zeitz led Puma through a significant restructuring, during which the company's market presence and financial performance improved notably.{{says who|date=April 2025}}{{cn|date=April 2025}} In 2008, Zeitz introduced PUMAVision, an ethical framework defined by the four key principles of being fair, honest, positive and creative as applied to all professional behaviour, business procedures and relationships throughout and outside of Puma.{{cn|date=April 2025}} There,{{verification needed|date=April 2025}} he also conceived of the concept of an Environmental Profit & Loss Account (EP&L Account).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rajan |first=Sreenivas |date=2012 |title=Rediff: Innovation in India |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2056197 |journal=SSRN Electronic Journal |doi=10.2139/ssrn.2056197 |issn=1556-5068|url-access=subscription }}</ref> In May 2011, he announced Puma's EP&L Account,<ref>{{Citation |last=Rosen |first=Jay |title=3. Phone-Hacking Crisis Shows News Corp Is No Ordinary News Company. The Guardian |date=31 December 2012 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.7312/star16073-004 |work=The Best Business Writing 2012 |pages=32–37 |access-date=9 March 2023 |publisher=Columbia University Press|doi=10.7312/star16073-004 |isbn=9780231160735 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> which assigned a monetary value to its businesses use of ecosystem services across its entire supply chain.{{cn|date=April 2025}} 

From 2010 to 2012, Zeitz was CEO of Puma's Sport & Lifestyle division, which included Puma and [[Volcom]],{{cn|date=April 2025}} and was its Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO),{{cn|date=April 2025}} and then chairman of the board's sustainable development committee,{{cn|date=April 2025}} and a director of Kering.{{cn|date=April 2025}} 

In 2014, Zeitz co-founded [[The B Team]] with [[Sir Richard Branson]], which "brought together the world's top business leaders to promote socially and environmentally conscious business practices across the globe".{{cite quote|date=April 2025}}

Zeitz is also a board member of Cranemere,{{when|date=April 2025}}{{cn|date=April 2025}} and served on the board of the [[Kenya Wildlife Service]] (KWS) for three years.{{when|date=April 2025}}{{cn|date=April 2025}}

===Harley-Davidson===
Zeitz became a member of the Board of Directors of Harley-Davidson in 2007,{{cn|date=April 2025}} and served as the chair of Harley-Davidson’s sustainability committee since its inception in 2011.{{cn|date=April 2025}} Known for “proven turnaround” skills,{{cite quote|date=April 2025}}{{editorializing|date=April 2025}} Zeitz assumed the helm of Harley-Davidson, first as interim CEO in February 2020,{{cn|date=April 2025}} and took over the job permanently in May 2020, succeeding [[Matthew S. Levatich]].{{cn|date=April 2025}}

In July 2020, Zeitz announced "The Rewire" which led to a new five-year strategic plan called "The Hardwire".{{cite quote|date=April 2025}} The Rewire strategy included prioritizing markets that matter and enhancing core strengths of the company, while balancing expansion into new spaces.{{cn|date=April 2025}} The Hardwire strategy included a new pre-owned motorcycle program;{{cn|date=April 2025}} investment in the parts, accessories, riding gear and financial services segments of the business;{{cn|date=April 2025}} and a new division focused exclusively on electric motorcycles.{{cn|date=April 2025}} In a subsequent financial filing,{{when|date=April 2025}} Harley-Davidson Inc. reported better-than-expected results,{{cn|date=April 2025}} "in a sign that its turnaround plan was taking hold".{{cite quote|date=April 2025}}

In February 2021, inspired by [[Kohlberg Kravis Roberts|KKR & Co Inc]] executive Pete Stavros,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-15 |title=Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock |url=https://www.alumni.hbs.edu/stories/Pages/story-bulletin.aspx?num=8247 |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=Harvard Business School Alumni |language=en}}</ref><!--Nedded here is not a citation introducing this individual, but one that removes the WP:OR in stating that Zeitz was inspired by KKR.--><ref>{{Cite web |title=KKR Partner Pete Stavros to Set Up New Fund to Promote Employee Ownership |url=https://www.nceo.org/employee-ownership-blog/kkr-partner-pete-stavros-set-new-fund-promote-employee-ownership |access-date=9 March 2023 |website=www.nceo.org|date=19 February 2021 }}</ref> Zeitz announced the motorcycle maker would give stock grants to employees, including hourly and factory workers, to align with executives and shareholders.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

In December 2021, Zeitz announced that LiveWire, the electric-motorcycle division of Harley-Davidson, would become a separate [[publicly traded company]] to "operate with the same agility and speed as a startup";{{verification needed|date=April 2025}} the company went public on the [[New York Stock Exchange]] (NYSE) on 27 September 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Swarts |first=David |date=27 September 2022 |title=LiveWire Goes Public On New York Stock Exchange |url=https://www.roadracingworld.com/news/livewire-goes-public-on-new-york-stock-exchange/ |access-date=9 March 2023 |website=Roadracing World Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> On the day of listing, Zeitz was the first CEO to ring both the opening and closing bell of trading on the NYSE,{{cn|date=April 2025}} also being the first to run two public-listed companies.{{cn|date=April 2025}} 

Serving as Livewire's first chairman and CEO since going public,{{cn|date=April 2025}} he handed over leadership on 12 June 2023 to his successor Karim Donnez, while remaining as chairman of the company.{{cn|date=April 2025}} In 2019, under Zeitz's leadership, Harley-Davidson introduced its first electric model, the LiveWire.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

In 2023, The Hardwire was in its third year of implementation; since its launch, the company had not missed quarterly earnings.{{cn|date=April 2025}}<!--Following citation is about the second year, not quarterly earnings in its third.--><ref>{{Cite web |title=Harley-Davidson Delivers Strong Fourth Quarter Financial Results Successfully Completing Second Year of Hardwire Strategic Plan |url=https://investor.harley-davidson.com/news/news-details/2023/Harley-Davidson-Delivers-Strong-Fourth-Quarter-Financial-Results-Successfully-Completing-Second-Year-of-Hardwire-Strategic-Plan/default.aspx |access-date=9 March 2023 |website=investor.harley-davidson.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Team |first=Trefis |title=Harley-Davidson Stock Had A Stellar 2022. What Does 2023 Hold? |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2023/01/19/harley-davidson-stock-had-a-stellar-2022-what-does-2023-hold/ |access-date=9 March 2023 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> Analysts noted improvements in Harley-Davidson's performance during the initial years of Zeitz's turnaround plan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barrett |first=Rick |date=14 July 2023 |title=How Harley-Davidson's CEO Jochen Zeitz plans on making the company's motorcycles a premium brand |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/money/business/2023/07/14/harley-davidsons-ceo-zeitz-focused-on-creating-a-premium-cycle-brand/70408932007 |access-date=2023-09-25 |work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Waldmeir |first=Patti |date=2023-07-24 |title=Fans show Harley-Davidson has not quite run out of gas |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/6329a050-e3ab-4fd3-b770-9ed56c14bdb7 |access-date=2023-09-25}}</ref>

In 2024, louder criticism and sometimes boycott requests were heard from dealers, customers and fans about the DEI ([[Diversity, equity, and inclusion|Diversity Equity Inclusion]]) orientation that Zeitz favoured for the brand.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/Kulturkampf-Biker-feiern-Sieg-ueber-Harley-Davidson-article25172727.html|title=Kulturkampf-Biker feiern Sieg über Harley-Davidson|language=DE|date=21 August 2024|work=n-tv.de|access-date=2025-04-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://nypost.com/2024/07/24/business/harley-davidson-sparks-boycott-call-for-going-totally-woke-with-dei-policies/|title=Harley-Davidson sparks boycott call for going 'totally woke' with DEI policies|date=24 July 2024|work=nypost.com|access-date=2025-04-21}}</ref>

In April 2025, Zeitz's retirement as CEO was announced by Harley-Davidson. Some media accompanied the news with the reduced sales estimates for 2025, published before the [[Tariffs in the second Trump administration|tariff debates]] initiated by Donald Trump in April 2025.
<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cycleworld.com/motorcycle-news/harley-davidson-ceo-jochen-zeitz-to-retire/|title=Harley-Davidson CEO Jochen Zeitz To Retire|date=9 April 2025|work=Cycle World|access-date=2025-04-20}}</ref>

==Philanthropy==
In 2008 Zeitz founded the not-for-profit Zeitz Foundation for Intercultural Ecosphere Safety to support creative and innovative sustainable projects and solutions that balance conservation, community development, culture, and commerce (the "4Cs") in a quadruple bottom line approach, promoting an inclusive, holistic paradigm of conservation that enhances livelihoods and fosters intercultural dialogue while building sustainable businesses. Owner of Segera Conservancy (including its eco-safari retreat that is a founding Long Run Destination), Zeitz preserves 50,000 acres of wildlife habitat in Kenya which follows the 4C approach to support its local communities and provide a safe refuge for endangered wildlife.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About – ZEITZ foundation |url=https://zeitzfoundation.org/about/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Founded by Jochen Zeitz and the ZEITZ foundation in 2009, The Long Run is a membership organisation of nature-based tourism businesses that are committed to driving sustainability through a holistic 4C philosophy. Safeguarding over 21 million acres of nature in 22 different countries, touching the lives of over 750,000 people and protecting over 30,000 plant and animal species, The Long Run is a global membership organization focused on sustainable tourism practices. Zeitz is also vice-president of [[Fauna and Flora International]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fauna & Flora Foundation Supporters |url=https://www.fauna-flora.org/about/people/our-supporters/}}</ref>

=== Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa ===
{{Main article|Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa}}
The Zeitz Collection was founded in 2002. Since 2008 it has committed to becoming "one of the most representative collections of contemporary art from the African continent and its diaspora".{{cite quote|date=April 2025}} The Zeitz Collection bought 85 works at the [[Venice Biennale|2013 Venice Biennale]], including the award-winning installation at the Angola pavilion by artist [[Edson Chagas]], a series of photographs by [[Zanele Muholi]] from the South Africa pavilion, and three large sculptures by Michele Mathison in the Zimbabwe pavilion.{{cn|date=April 2025}}<ref>{{cite web | author = Douglas, Caroline & WW&WWW Staff | date= December 1, 2023 | title=Douglas, Caroline<!--NONE OF THE FOLLOWING VISIBLE AS TITLE, AT THE LINKED PAGE: (born 25 June 1961), Director, Contemporary Art Society, since 2013--> | work = Who's Who & Who Was Who [U.K.] (WW&WWW, UKWhosWho.com) | url = https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-279578 | access-date=19 April 2025 | location = London, England | publisher= A&C Black—Bloomsbury<!--OUP, via its online databae of published resources, offers this elsehere published work.-->|via = [[Oxford University Press|OUP]] [online database of works] |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u279578 | url-access = subscription}} Note, there is no accessible content available from source except by subscription, and so material corresponding to the foregoing sentence at this link.</ref>

In partnership with the [[Victoria & Alfred Waterfront]], Zeitz founded the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA), located in the historic grain silo in [[Cape Town]]'s Victoria & Alfred Waterfront.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fin24 |title=Fate of V&A Waterfront's grain silo decided |url=https://www.news24.com/fin24/property-issue/news/fate-of-va-waterfronts-grain-silo-decided-20131119 |access-date=9 March 2023 |website=Business |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | author = Harris, Gareth | date = 20 November 2013 | title = Former Puma Chairman Behind Contemporary African Art Museum in Cape Town | work = [[The Art Newspaper]]  |url=http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Former-Puma-chairman-behind-contemporary-African-art-museum-in-Cape-Town/31053 |access-date=9 March 2023 |archive-date=5 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205104340/http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Former-Puma-chairman-behind-contemporary-African-art-museum-in-Cape-Town/31053 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=5 March 2014 |title=V&A Waterfront to see a R500m 'repurpose' |url=https://www.moneyweb.co.za/archive/va-waterfront-too-see-a-r500m-repurpose/ |access-date=9 March 2023 |website=Moneyweb |language=en}}</ref> The museum features 9,500 square meters (102,000 square feet) of space over nine floors, including 6,000 square meters (65,000 square feet) for displays. 

In 2014, [[Thomas Heatherwick]] was chosen to design the conversion of the 1920s granary into a museum, including 80 galleries, 18 education rooms, a rooftop sculpture garden as well as storage and conservation areas, a restaurant, a coffee shop, and bookstores. The official public opening of the museum took place in September 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kolver |first=Leandi |title=Local partners for V&A Waterfront grain silo conversion announced |url=https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/local-partners-for-va-waterfront-grain-silo-conversion-announced-2014-05-30/rep_id:4136 |access-date=9 March 2023 |website=www.engineeringnews.co.za |language=en}}</ref> The opening ceremony was presided over by Archbishop Emeritus [[Desmond Tutu]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=To Build - Issue 22 - November 2017 to February 2018 by Media Xpose - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/mediaxpose/docs/tobuildissue22final |access-date=9 March 2023 |website=issuu.com |date=29 October 2017 |language=en}}</ref> In the first year of opening the Zeitz MOCAA was visited by over 300,000 people and named one of the best museums in the world by the Time Magazine.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=The World's 100 Greatest Places of 2018 |url=https://time.com/collection/worlds-greatest-places-2018/ |access-date=9 March 2023 |magazine=Time |language=en-us}}</ref>

==Writing and film==
In 2010, Zeitz co-wrote and published ''Prayer, Profit and Principles – Monk and Manager in dialogue'' with Anselm Grün, a Benedictine monk.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.faz.net/artikel/C30642/pater-und-manager-30364826.html |title=Pater und Manager  |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727202021/https://www.faz.net/artikel/C30642/pater-und-manager-30364826.html |work=Frankfurter Allgemeine|date=23 May 2011|archive-date=27 July 2011 |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref> The book has been translated into 15 languages and covers topics such as sustainability, the economy and prosperity, culture, values, success and responsibility.

In 2014 Zeitz co-wrote and published ''The Breakthrough Challenge: 10 Ways to Connect Today's Profits with Tomorrow's Bottom Line'' with John Elkington.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Breakthrough Challenge: 10 Ways to Connect Today's Profits with Tomorrow's Bottom Line |author1=John Elkington |author2=Jochen Zeitz |author3=Sir Richard Branson |isbn=9781118539699 |date= 4 August 2014|publisher=John Wiley & Sons }}</ref>

In 2021, Zeitz served as executive producer of the film [[Breaking Boundaries]]. This documentary film, narrated by Sir David Attenborough, breaks down the climate thresholds needed for the survival of the planet and humanity. The ten-minute trailer was screened to world leaders at the Biden Climate Summit in April 2021, and was released globally on Netflix in June 2021.

Zeitz also served as producer on the award-winning documentary film ‘Ranger'. Set within Kenya’s Maasai homeland, the documentary 'Ranger' follows the formation of East Africa’s first all-female anti-poaching unit. Upending the male-dominated world of military-style ranger training, these women instead undergo an extensive program of deep trauma release and healing, triggering profound transformation within themselves and sending shockwaves through their communities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=RANGER |url=https://www.rangerfilm.com/ |access-date=9 March 2023 |website=RANGER |language=en-US}}</ref> The acclaimed film was accepted into 14 Film Festivals and won Best Documentary Feature at the 2023 Sedona International Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 Festival Award Winners |url=https://sedonafilmfestival.com/2023-festival-award-winners/ |access-date=9 March 2023 |website=Sedona International Film Festival |language=en-US}}</ref> 

==Honours and awards==
Zeitz has received the "Strategist of the Year" honours three times from the ''[[Financial Times]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://aboutus.ft.com/2011/02/24/jochen-zeitz-announced-as-ft-boldness-in-business-keynote-speaker/#axzz1eHxN8I00 |title=Jochen Zeitz announced as FT Boldness in Business keynote speaker &#124; About us &#124; FT.com |website=Aboutus.ft.com |date=24 February 2011 |accessdate=17 December 2016 |archive-date=25 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425003450/http://aboutus.ft.com/2011/02/24/jochen-zeitz-announced-as-ft-boldness-in-business-keynote-speaker/#axzz1eHxN8I00 |url-status=dead }}</ref> "Entrepreneur of the Year",<ref>{{cite web|author=Stocks |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=757858&ticker=PP:FP&previousCapId=666672&previousTitle=PPR |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717195641/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=757858&ticker=PP:FP&previousCapId=666672&previousTitle=PPR |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 July 2012 |title=Stocks - Bloomberg |website=Investing.businessweek.com |accessdate=17 December 2016}}</ref> “Trendsetter of the Year” and “Best of European Business Award 2006″.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.zimbio.com/Jochen+Zeitz/articles/EgYmbdh_mr_/Jochen+Zeitz+Biography+Jochen+Zeitz+Career|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130210043500/http://www.zimbio.com/Jochen+Zeitz/articles/EgYmbdh_mr_/Jochen+Zeitz+Biography+Jochen+Zeitz+Career|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-02-10|title = Jochen Zeitz ! Biography of Jochen Zeitz ! Career of Jochen Zeitz - J…}}</ref> In 2004, he was awarded the [[Federal Cross of Merit]] of Germany.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gq.co.za/report/631111.html |title=Report |website=Gq.co.za |accessdate=2016-12-17}}</ref> In 2009, he was named Honorary Warden of Kenya by the Kenya Wildlife Service.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kenyalondonnews.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4436&Itemid=44 |title=kenyalondonnews Resources and Information |publisher=Kenyalondonnews.co.uk |accessdate=2016-12-17}}</ref> In 2010, the German Sustainability Foundation gave Zeitz an award for Germany's most sustainable future strategies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news-topic/sustainability-award-/video-german-sustainability-award-prizes-for-puma-and-robin-gibbs_HwzioJc9VOY.html |title=Videos |website=Moneycontrol.com |accessdate=17 December 2016 |archive-date=18 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418232812/http://www.moneycontrol.com/news-topic/sustainability-award-/video-german-sustainability-award-prizes-for-puma-and-robin-gibbs_HwzioJc9VOY.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was named a Conde Nast Traveler “Visionaries 2012”<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cntraveler.com/ecotourism/2012/09/visionaries/jochen-zeitz |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819152301/http://www.cntraveler.com/ecotourism/2012/09/visionaries/jochen-zeitz |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 August 2012 |title=Jochen Zeitz Is Convincing Companies to Pay for their Impact - Condé Nast Traveler |website=Cntraveler.com |date=15 August 2012 |accessdate=17 December 2016 }}</ref> and one of Fast Company’s “10 Most Important Players at the Rio +20 Conference”.<ref>{{cite web|author=Bruno Berthon |url=http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680084/the-10-most-important-players-at-the-rio-20-conference |title=The 10 Most Important Players At The Rio+20 Conference &#124; Co.Exist &#124; ideas + impact |website=Fastcoexist.com |date=29 June 2012 |accessdate=17 December 2016}}</ref> He received the 2012 German Image Award,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.der-deutsche-pr-preis.de/ |title=Der Internationale Deutsche PR-Preis : Home |website=Der-deutsche-pr-preis.de |accessdate=17 December 2016}}</ref> the 2013 Banksia International Award<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sustainabilitymatters.net.au/news/62779-2-13-Banksia-Leading-in-Sustainability-Setting-the-Standard-for-Small-to-Medium-Businesses-Award-Finalists |title=2013 Banksia Leading in Sustainability - Setting the Standard for Small to Medium Businesses Award Finalists |website=Sustainabilitymatters.net.au |accessdate=17 December 2016}}</ref> and the Visionary Award for the 2013 Travel + Leisure Global Vision Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timeinc.com/pressroom/detail.php?id%3Dreleases%2Ftravel_leisure_2013_global_vision_awards.php |title=Archived copy |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101194919/http://www.timeinc.com/pressroom/detail.php?id=releases%2Ftravel_leisure_2013_global_vision_awards.php |work=Travel + Leisure|archive-date=1 November 2013|date=8 October 2018|access-date=27 June 2022 }}</ref> In 2015 he was awarded the Special Advocacy Award for Responsible Capitalism.><ref>{{cite web|last=Cammack |first=Chris |url=http://responsible-capitalism.org/2016/01/2015/ |title=2015 Award |publisher=Responsible Capitalism |date=8 January 2016 |accessdate=17 December 2016}}</ref> The award ceremony was held at Lancaster House in London, and presented by [[Sajid Javid]], Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills. In the same year, he was ranked #18 of "The World's Top 100 Compassionate Business Leaders" by ''Salt Magazine'' and awarded for his advocacy of Responsible Capitalism by ''FIRST Magazine''. In 2016, the Zoological Society of London honoured Zeitz as a ZSL Conservation Fellow. In 2017, Zeitz was named #26 in OOOM's "The World's Most Inspiring People" list. In 2019, Conde Nast Traveler named Zeitz as one of “The 44 People Changing the Way We Travel”.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cntraveler.com/gallery/people-changing-the-way-we-travel|title = The 44 People Changing the Way We Travel| work=[[Conde Nast Traveler]]|date=8 February 2019 |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref> In 2023, Zeitz was awarded the David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership award, recognising his ability to build trust across divides, a collaborative and inclusive approach to solving local, national and global challenges. <ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership Award |url=https://experience.synergos.org/global-gathering-2023/bridging-leadership-award |access-date=11 May 2023 |website=experience.synergos.org |language=en-AG}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://about.puma.com/?cat=9 Board of Management - PUMA AG]
* [http://www.whoswho.de/templ/te_bio.php?PID=2162&RID=1 Who is Who: Jochen Zeitz] (in German)
* [http://www.zeitzfoundation.org/ Zeitz Foundation for Intercultural Ecosphere Safety]
* [http://www.thelongrun.com/ The Long Run]
* [http://www.zeitzfamily.org Zeitz family history (in German)]
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