Munich – He could have afforded anything!
The value of his company, “Sedlmayr Grund und Immobilien”, where he was most recently honorary chairman of the supervisory board, is worth 1.41 billion euros. Turnover at the end of 2022 with 47 employees: 115.85 million euros. The company owns land and real estate in and around Munich, Stuttgart, Leipzig and Berlin.
The successful entrepreneur and family patriarch Jobst Kayser-Eichberg, who died in the palliative care ward of Neuwittelsbach Hospital (Nymphenburg) on July 2 of multiple organ failure (he suffered from cardiac insufficiency and cirrhosis of the liver), surprised his friends and co-workers during his lifetime with his beneficial modesty and great frugality towards oneself.
“He never ordered an expensive fillet”
Oktoberfest landlady Stephanie Spendler, head of the Löwenbräu tent, remembers BILD: “I can still picture him at business dinners in our Löwenbräu tent, where he always ate pork sausages while the others ordered the most expensive filet. Nevertheless, Kayser-Eichberg was overjoyed, says Spendler with a laugh: “He was the happiest person with his sausages, it was culinary heaven for him.”
Spendler also fondly remembers a moment in her Hirschau beer garden, which Kayser-Eichberg had once sold to her father Wiggerl Hagn: “Dr. Kayser-Eichberg brought its own curling stocks from the 1950s to the hosts’ curling.”
The stick was made of heavy iron. The train, however, made of plastic. Spendler: “I then had to tell him that he needed a different cane. But I will never forget the picture of Kayser-Eichberg in a bobble hat and with his old ice stock.”
“Never lived close to his financial means”
Spendler’s father Wiggerl Hagn adds: “He never lived close to his financial means. He would never have gotten on a private jet. He also didn’t fly to the Caribbean or the Bahamas. He lived for the brewery and life around it. Kayser-Eichberg was a thoroughly middle-class businessman.”
His favorite restaurant was the Spatenhaus, which – like so many inns, commercial and residential properties – belongs to the portfolio of his family and that of his wife, the Sedlmayr clan. He always ordered pork sausages at Spatenhaus too.
Love of life: Jobst Kayser-Eichberg with his wife Mariana from the famous Sedlmayr beer dynasty
Hagn continues: “Jobst Kayser-Eichberg has never banged on the plaster. He wasn’t stingy, but he kept the money together and increased it. He always remained one of the most honest business people I have met. He never ripped anyone off.”
The landlady of the ox roastery Antje Haberl also has many good memories of the former brewery boss. You to BILD: “Dr. Kayser-Eichberg was one of the most important business partners in my career as an innkeeper. He shaped me a lot, especially at the beginning.”
He looked at her as equals from the start. “I learned a lot from him. The most important thing: that you go into every interview well prepared. He will always be remembered as a man of sharp mind, strong convictions and great poise.”
The funeral service for Jobst Kayser-Eichberg should take place in silence and in a small circle.
