“I am delighted that our company will continue to be run by the family,” says father Christoph Gunold, who was the third generation to manage the company for almost 30 years until March 2024. Aileen and Kevin, two of his four children, have decided to join the family business.

Kevin Gunold studied Business Administration and Law with a Bachelor of Arts degree and worked for a company in the automotive industry after graduating. He then joined the family business in 2017, devoting himself in particular to the relaunch of the Sulky Shop for the consumer market before taking on the position of Sales Manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland in 2020. With the digitalization of the family business firmly in mind, he also devoted himself in his new position to the redevelopment of the existing Gunold online store and gradually took on further areas of responsibility and topics of management. “This was important for me to be able to make necessary decisions in the role of Managing Director,” says Kevin Gunold.

His sister Aileen Gunold completed her studies in International Business Administration in Mainz and South Carolina (USA) and worked in management and marketing consultancies for over 15 years until 2023, before deciding to share the management of the company with her brother. “Due to my consulting activities in various industries and for different company sizes, I quickly realized what an exciting task this is. The opportunities to shape the company are much greater in your own family business,” says Aileen Gunold.

Thanks to her many years of experience in various industries, Aileen has a high level of expertise in strategic and operational tasks in the areas of business development, marketing, customer experience management and business transformation. All the best prerequisites for further developing the family business and leading it into the future. “The decisive factor is and will continue to be being able to offer our customers the right products and the right service,” emphasize Aileen and Kevin Gunold.