Founder of Thin Materials AG and Eichenauer Gebäudeservice GmbH & Co. KG, Franz Richter is a German businessperson who has been the head of 8 different companies and holds the position of Chairman of Meyer Burger Technology AG, Chairman-Supervisory Board at Scint-X AB, Chairman for Fraunhofer Institute For Reliability & Microintegration and Chief Executive Officer-Thin Materials Segment at Eichenauer Gebäudeservice GmbH & Co. KG.

In his past career Franz Richter was Chief Executive Officer at SÜSS MicroTec SE, Chief Executive Officer of SÜSS MicroTec SE, Chief Executive Officer for Süss Verwaltung GmbH, Chief Executive Officer for Karl Suess Verwaltung GmbH, Chief Operating Officer of Suess Holding AG, President-Semiconductor Equipment Segment at OC Oerlikon Corp. AG and President-Semiconductor Equipment Segment at Unaxis Holding AG (a subsidiary of OC Oerlikon Corp. AG), Director-Executive Board at EpiSpeed AG, President & Chief Executive Officer at Thin Materials AG, Scientist at Carl Zeiss AG, Scientist at Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft eV and Scientist at Fraunhofer Institute For Laser Technology.

Franz Richter received a doctorate from RWTH Aachen University, an undergraduate degree from Fachhochschule Münster, a graduate degree from the University of Bielefeld and a graduate degree from Technische Universität Darmstadt.