Overview
- Sascha Zahner, a long-serving internal executive, was appointed co‑CEO alongside founder Erwin Müller in a move announced on Thursday to broaden top management.
- Founder Erwin Müller, 94, will remain the group’s central authority and intends to focus on major strategic decisions while handing more day‑to‑day responsibility to Zahner.
- Zahner will keep responsibility for purchasing outside the drogerie division, marketing, sustainability and process control as part of the expanded leadership structure.
- The existing seven‑member management team led by spokesperson Elke Menold stays in place, with Menold continuing as the family’s external and internal point of contact.
- Müller is a family‑controlled retail group with over 950 stores in nine European countries, about 35,500 employees and €5.41 billion in net revenue for the year to June, and the leadership change supports ongoing investments in digitalisation and logistics.