Martin Essl

Martin Essl

Martin Essl is CEO and Chairman of the Management Board of bauMax Group. In 2007, he founded the Essl Foundation, who awards the Essl Social Prize, an annual international award for outstanding social entrepreneurs to support their innovative projects. As CEO of bauMax, he was awarded the Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young in 2006 and also as one of the best employers in 2008. In 2005, Fortune Magazine rated bauMax as one of the ten top workplaces in Europe.