Wolfgang Friess

Chief Executive Officer

Hanoi, Hanoi, Vietnam

About

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer / Advisory board Nutrition, Life Sciences, Healthcare, FMCG, Natural Food Category, Sustainability, Agriculture/Farming. USA - Vietnam - EU   Wolfgang is an expert at business and people development with over 25 years of success in winning business opportunities, advancing best practices and nurturing high performing people to deliver high growth. In his 25year career, Wolfgang has succeeded as a global senior executive, Chairman of the board, CEO, General Manager, and leader in the FMCG, Nutrition, Healthcare, Tourism/Hospitality sectors. He has proven expertise in overseeing and managing the implementation of large complex projects to successful completion; business start-ups and commercial product launches; and business/product portfolios. 
 Wolfgang had P&L responsibilities of 400.000.000+ USD and several thousand employees. Wolfgang is a proven leader in building high-performance teams and in leadership development.
 A master in product development & Nutrition, F&B R&D. He organized & synchronized TH-group-of-companies first, followed by the TH group’s sustainability initiative for 30 TH companies. Wolfgang started as CEO of TH’s biggest company THFC to become Chairman of the board of THFC, based in Hanoi, Vietnam. Wolfgang accelerated TH Herbals US Inc., setting up manufacturing, and an office in Northern California, introducing products to the US-market. He also directs TH Europe in Germany and Slovakia.

Experience

  • Chief Executive Officer at Live Forever Young Institute
    Nov 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 9 mos

    The Power and Wisdom of plants / Life Sciences Research and products supporting human health - a long vital life in harmony with environmental health - focus on 'biodiversity' and 'botanicals'.

  • Chairman Of The Board at WinSolutions | Inspiring Winners
    Apr 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 4 mos

    Education / Pedagogia / Executive Coaching / Consulting in Education & Pedagogy. Premium Education for Medical Institutions & Health Care Professionals. Start-up incubation & strategy articulation. Curricula articulation for university & colleges.

  • President at Live Forever Young Foundation
    Mar 2020 - Sep 2020 · 7 mos

    Making the link between human health and environmental health. Promoting biodiversity and health. Collective members are scientists, researchers, nutritionists, biologists, medical doctors, pharmacists and environmentalists from USA, Europe and Vietnam.

  • TH Group - Food Chain (3 yrs 3 mos)
    • Chairman Of The Board
      Oct 2019 - Jul 2020 · 10 mos

    • VP Sustainability TH-Group of companies
      Aug 2017 - Feb 2020 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    • Chief Executive Officer
      May 2017 - Oct 2019 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      Dairy, Nutrition, Retail stores, Health, Life Science, Medicinal-botanicals, Education, Agriculture. CEO THH USA, Chairman & CEO TH-FC Vietnam Vice President Sustainability for TH-Group of companies: Health-promotion (community health, individual health), Biodiversity-promotion (projects with IUCN, local & global foundations), Organic agriculture, sustainable & biodynamic farming paired with experience in high-tech farming. Documenting knowledge & wisdom of Vietnamese Traditional Medicine enabling people to live long healthy & happy lives. Developing Nutrition & pharmaceutical products.

  • Interim Chief Executive Officer at Khatansuikh
    Aug 2016 - Apr 2017 · 9 mos

    100% natural, organic & premium quality Khatansuikh produces and markets premium, natural & organic meat products. Mongolia, Russia, Korea, Japan, China, Indochina, Germany, Austria, Czech & Slovakia.