Thomas M Lange

Thomas M Lange (born February 16, 1967 in Munich) is a hotelier and heir to the Lange family hotel/brewing & real estate fortune.

Biography

Early life and education

Thomas M Lange was born February 16, 1967 in Munich, Germany to Dr.Henry Lange & Lady Ghiselaine Gordon-Lenox. He was educated at Salem & Gordonstoun and after classical apprenticeship in his families hotels he studied at the University of Munich and Oxford Brookes.

The Lange Family Fortune is estimated to be £5 billion [http://www.forbes.com/richlist] [economist] most of which is held in Family Trusts and were established by the maternal great grand parents of Thomas Lange, who amassed their fortunes through mining, shipping on his fathers side through brewing [http://www.spatenbraeu.com/0_start/index.html] and hotel and real estate.

Career

Initially he joined the Bass Hotels & Brewing Division (now InterContinental Hotels Group) before gaining experience in the United States and Australia with Marriott and Ritz-Carlton. In the United Kingdom he worked for the famous Goring Hotel in London's Belgravia and later at the InterContinental Park Lane from where he was then once more sent to the US to join their Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, DC. He now works for Kempinski Hotels UK as General Manager of their two London properties (the Courthouse & the Bentley Hotels).

Lange was a member of the original 'Investors in People' commitee as well as a director of the International Hoteliers Association. His charitable causes range from fundraising for the Terrence Higgins Trust, the arts and humanitarian efforts as well as Animal Welfare & Protection. Apart from his professional career, Lange is also a highly competent equestrian champion, having won several dressage and eventing competitions.Fact|date=September 2008

Marriage and children

Although he has been named as a most eligible bachelor in several society magazines in the UK, Australia and the US, Thomas Lange lives a very reclusive life and remains single, devoting his time entirely to his job and his charities.UK Tatler Magazine 08/06,Vanity Fair 03/04

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