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In total, the 1,100 employees made 540,000 shipments weighing more than 3.9 million tonnes in 2018. This is what gives me the push to get up every morning what keeps me going every day.” “We have nearly 1,100 people working for us directly or indirectly, so that’s 1,100 families for which I have responsibility. With his parents no longer involved in the day-to-day running of the company, Frantz has adopted a new family. Today, Wallenborn touts itself as one of Europe’s fastest-growing transport groups. “When I’m racing my Lola T70, I go to the racetrack for pleasure, but once I’m in the car, I want to win. “I think it has something to do with my personality,” he guesses. Even though he hadn’t started out with a particular passion for the industry, Frantz nevertheless found himself keen to succeed. It was very exciting, being just 25 years old or so, to get to travel to all these different countries, interacting with and proposing new ideas to customers.”įrantz took on the role of CEO in 1998 after his parents moved to the south of Spain for their retirement. “Europe then was so unlike the Europe of today – there were borders. “Dispatching was really my baby,” he professes. His first role, however, remains his favourite.

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The company was still a small enterprise then, so there was little outsourcing and everything was done in-house,” he recalls.įrantz dabbled in various departments and was able to gain a complete understanding of the firm’s full operations. “I started out as a dispatcher before moving on to bookkeeping and managing invoices. If my dad had owned a real estate company, I would be in real estate today.”Īlthough he was the boss’s son, Frantz paid his dues. “I didn’t join because I am mad about trucks.

“My father was running a small trucking company and I was tailing him.Īt some point, it felt like the right thing to do to join the business,” he explains. Like many who join a family business, Frantz’s career grew more out of chance than passion. Frantz is the President and CEO of Wallenborn, a logistics and transportation service provider founded in 1920 in Luxembourg by his grandfather. On a regular day, however, he works with vehicles that are more trundling giants than Speedy Gonzales – the transport trucks and trailers that make up the Wallenborn Group fleet.

This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates.“In this car, I have won the 2017 Classic 24 Hour race at Daytona International Speedway and the 2016 Classic 12 Hour race at Sebring International Raceway,” Frantz says with pride.

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