CordeValle is a private golf course and spa resort on the West Coast of the United States , located near San Martin, California , southeast of San Jose . It is in the Santa Clara Valley , near the eastern edge of the Santa Cruz Mountains .
23-475: The club's 1996 permit required that 60% of the golf rounds played be reserved for the general public, but the Club defines "general public" as including guests of members. In the resulting dispute with the county planning commission, the club agreed to create a Youth Golf Foundation, to pay for underprivileged youths to learn the game of golf at CordeValle or elsewhere. In exchange, the planning commission agreed to waive
46-525: A donation of US$ 35 million, Plattner founded the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University . Students of varying disciplines have been charged with the development of user-friendly innovations. Another of Plattner's pledges to promote science was of €10 million to redevelop the library at the University of Mannheim , Germany, given in 2003. On 21 January 2004, at a ceremony at
69-702: Is a privately-held company based in San Jose, California which owns the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League , the San Jose Barracuda of the American Hockey League , and oversees all areas of operation and management of the city-owned SAP Center at San Jose. SJSEE, is currently owned by Sharks Owner, German businessman, and Philanthropist Dr. Hasso Plattner . Plattner also serves as
92-533: The 46664 benefit concert , which took place at his Gary Player-designed golf course, The Links of Fancourt in George which is near Cape Town and which was broadcast globally on television. Proceeds went towards the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria , an organisation co-founded by former South African president Nelson Mandela . Plattner contributed more than €20 million which enabled reconstruction of
115-642: The CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, California. The Links of Fancourt staged the 2003 Presidents Cup matches between the US and an international team, captained by Gary Player. Plattner is also an investor in San Jose Sports & Entertainment Enterprises , which owns the San Jose Sharks , and other related properties as well as managing the city owned SAP Center at San Jose . In 2013, he bought out two of
138-696: The Munich -based management consultant Roland Berger named Hasso Plattner as one of the five Germans who have made the greatest impression on him. In the Welt am Sonntag article Berger pointed out how Plattner founded, built up and adapted SAP to a changing market was a "master achievement". Plattner received his honorary doctorate in 2002, and his honorary professorship in 2004 from the University of Potsdam . He had also received an honorary doctorate (1990) and an honorary professorship in Information Systems (1994) from
161-526: The PGA Cup in 2015 and the U.S. Women's Open in 2016 . Source: Hasso Plattner Hasso Plattner (born 21 January 1944) is a German businessman. As co-founder of SAP SE software company, he has been chairman of the supervisory board of SAP SE since May 2003. As of August 2020, Forbes reported that he possessed a net worth of US$ 17.9 billion. Plattner was born to German ophthalmologist Horst Plattner (1918–2001) and his wife shortly before
184-570: The Saarland University, Saarbrücken . The same university named him an honorary senator in 1998. Plattner is married to Sabine Plattner, a former teacher. The couple has two children, who grew up in Heidelberg , Germany. The family also maintains residences in Sylt and Yzerfontein . San Jose Sports %26 Entertainment Enterprises San Jose Sports & Entertainment Enterprises (SJSEE)
207-634: The Hasso Plattner Institute celebrating the 60th birthday of its founder, German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder made the following comments on Plattner's achievements: "We need more Hasso Plattners and more SAPs in order to get Germany moving again economically." According to the Chancellor, Plattner created an international corporation proving "that German companies can be at the top of the technological hierarchy worldwide". In an interview in August 2004,
230-507: The accessibility, cataloguing, and digitisation of primary sources. Plattner also helped in the establishment of the Museum Barberini , devoted to his holdings of modern and Impressionist art, as well as artists active in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR). In 2022, he opened Das Minsk , another private museum in Potsdam, which focuses on East German artists who were active after
253-411: The charity's activities span education, art and culture, and conservation. Since 2017, the foundation has been headquartered at Villa Wunderkind in Potsdam, the former home of German fashion designer Wolfgang Joop . Plattner has had strong connections with South Africa over the years and spends some of his time living there, while participating in charitable work. In the fight against AIDS, he supports
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#1732852567486276-816: The company's governance, orchestrating the hiring of co-CEOs Jennifer Morgan and Christian Klein in 2019. He has reduced his stake in SAP several times; as of 2020, he owned a 5.89% stake, making him the company's largest individual shareholder. In 1998, Plattner founded the non-profit Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI). He is Chair of Enterprise Platform and Integration Concepts and Professor of Enterprise Systems at HPI. In 2005, Plattner set up his own venture capital fund , Hasso Plattner Ventures, with more than 25 million euros. By December 2009, HPV managed €150 million and had 17 companies in its portfolio, including online cruise portals Dreamlines. An affiliate fund, HPV Africa in Cape Town,
299-566: The end of the Second World War , in Berlin . He grew up in Bavaria and completed his masters degree in communications engineering from the University of Karlsruhe in 1968. In 1972 Plattner and four colleagues left IBM to launch SAP. He stepped down as co-chief executive in 2003 at age 60. He has since been serving as chairman of the company's supervisory board and played an influential role in
322-602: The fall of the Berlin wall. Since his retirement from SAP, Plattner has been particularly active as a benefactor in the field of technological research. Media reports have named him one of Germany's most important private sponsors of scientific research. In 1998, Plattner founded the Hasso Plattner Institute for software systems engineering based at the University of Potsdam, and in Palo Alto, California , its sole source of funding being
345-628: The historic exterior of the Stadtschloss in Potsdam , which had damaged during World War II and demolished in 1959. At the time, it was the largest donation ever gifted in Germany by a single individual. In 2016, Plattner joined forces with art dealer Guy Wildenstein to form the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, a foundation dedicated to advancing art historical scholarship by fostering
368-529: The non-profit Hasso Plattner Foundation for Software Systems Engineering. Plattner has pledged €50 million of his personal fortune over a period of 20 years. Since its foundation, Plattner's commitment to the HPI has quadrupled to over €200 million. He not only fully finances the HPI, but is also actively involved as a director and lecturer in Enterprise Platforms and Integration Concepts. In October 2005, with
391-436: The ownership shares of both Compton and Sclavos and subsequently bought the remaining shares owned by former San Jose mayor Tom McEnery , E. Floyd Kvamme , and Harvey Armstrong to become the franchise’s majority owner. Other former investors include former San Francisco 49ers player Brent Jones , venture capitalist Boots Del Biaggio, and former Brocade Communications Systems CEO Gregory Reyes . George Gund III maintained
414-621: The partners in SJS&;E, and began serving as the Sharks' representative on the National Hockey League 's board of governors. The absentee owner rarely has been seen in the San Jose area over the years, however, as general manager Mike Grier and his staff run the hockey operations. Plattner signed The Giving Pledge in February 2013. In 2015, he set up the Hasso Plattner Foundation and
437-658: The record for monohulls. She finished the race in 6 days, 16 hours, 4 minutes, and 11 seconds to win "the Barn Door" trophy, a slab of carved koa wood traditionally awarded to the monohull with the fastest elapsed time. In 2013, he won the German Dragon Championship as part of a three-man crew that included Hamish Pepper . Plattner is a keen golfer. He owns the Fancourt Hotel and Country Club , which has three Gary Player -designed championship courses, in addition to
460-814: The requirement for 60% public play. Cordevalle is owned by billionaire Hasso Plattner who is the Co-Founder of SAP and majority owner of the San Jose Sharks . [1] From 2010 to 2013, CordeValle hosted the Frys.com Open on the PGA Tour ; in October 2013 it was the first event of the wraparound 2014 season. The tournament was previously conducted at Greyhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona , and moved to Silverado Country Club in Napa in October 2014 . Recent events at CordeValle include
483-636: The team’s representative on the National Hockey League’s Board of Governors. SJSEE was formed in 2002 by former Sharks owners George Gund III and brother Gordon Gund . In October, 2011, the Gund's sold SJSEE to a group of local investors assembled by former Sharks President Greg Jamison which included Plattner, Kevin Compton, a partner at Kleiner Perkins , and Stratton Sclavos , former Chairman and CEO of VeriSign. In 2014, Plattner purchased
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#1732852567486506-511: The universities of KwaZulu Natal and Cape Town . Plattner's donation of €6 million for the Isombululo programme for the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS was announced at the Presidents Cup , one of the world's leading international golf tournaments in 2003 and it is suggested that this amount will have helped 360,000 people. In the spring of 2005, Plattner personally covered the costs of
529-521: Was founded in 2008, with €29 million, and soon invested in five companies. Plattner provides the lion's share of this investment capital. In September 2010, HPV invested $ 6 million in Israeli software company Panaya in exchange for the company's stakes. In 2005, Plattner's maxZ86 maxi yacht set a record at the Transpacific Yacht Race and was the scratch boat when it led a five-boat assault on
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