Thomas Eisert

Thomas Eisert is a shareholder of Phoenix Contact Group, a family-owned German electrical engineering company.

Phoenix was founded by Hugo Knumann merchant who started a distribution business for electrical products following the first world war.

Knumann died in 1953, but not before hiring an electrical engineer, Josef Eisert, who along with Ursula Lampmann took over and transformed the business into a manufacturer.

Five members of the Eisert family, including Josef's son Klaus, remain shareholders in the company, which has annual sales of more than 3 billion euros.