The Founder

Eberhard Schöck was born on April 26, 1935, in Nürtingen, Germany. After completing school and internships, both with an architect and at a factory for prefabricated parts, he began his civil engineering studies at the Fachhochschule Stuttgart. 
In 1956, he was recognized for the best interim exam there.

He then transferred to the Fachhochschule Hamburg. Before and during his studies, he completed various internships abroad in the French-speaking region of Switzerland, in England, and in Turkey.

In 1958, he completed his civil engineering studies in Hamburg. At his first job with the Institute for Human Factors in Stuttgart, Germany, his responsibilities included finding ways to make construction methods more efficient.

In 1962, Eberhard Schöck founded his own construction company in Varnhalt near Baden-Baden, Germany. Today, the Schöck Group employs a workforce of approximately 300. The company manufactures parts for structural and civil engineering.

Eberhard Schöck has been married since 1961 and has four grown children.