Eugen Kägi helped build Kägi Söhne AG into a successful confectioner and chocolate producer based in Toggenburg in northeastern Switzerland.
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Listening: Swiss businessman Eugen Kägi dies
Eugen Kägi, who helped build the family-run firm behind the popular chocolate-covered Kägi-fret wafers, died on February 13, aged 96, it was confirmed on Tuesday.
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Toggenburger Unternehmer Eugen Kägi ist gestorben
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Eugen Kägi was born on September 19, 1928, and grew up in Bad Ragaz. His father, Otto Kägi Sr, founded Kägi Söhne AG as a bakery in 1934. The chocolate-covered Kägi-fret wafers are its most popular product.
Together with his brothers Otto Jr and Alfred, Eugen Kägi helped run the company from 1965 and build it into a successful confectioner and chocolate producer based in Toggenburg, canton St Gallen. At the beginning of 2022, Kägi products were sold in over 30 countries.
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Kägi Söhne in Toggenburg, northern Switzerland, is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year after being founded by the Kägi family. The chocolate-covered Kägi-fret wafers are its most popular product among the Swiss. (All pictures: Kägi Söhne AG)
Eugen Kägi was also a member of the St Gallen cantonal parliament for the former CVP (now the Centre Party). He was also committed to cultural life and supported social projects via a foundation, according to the press release by the town of Lichtensteig. He was made an honorary citizen of Lichtensteig together with his brothers.
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