Ulrike Crespo (1950 - 2019)

Ulrike Crespo

Ulrike Crespo is a German photographer, psychologist and philanthropist. She grew up in Darmstadt and, after training as a hotel manager, studied French, art history and archeology in Lausanne and Geneva. In 1980 she moved to Frankfurt am Main and taught German for foreigners there. From 1985 to 1990 she studied psychology and, having received a license to practice medicine, worked as a psychotherapist, and then in the psychosomatic department of the university clinic of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University. In 1995 she opened her own practice. In 1998, as a co-heir of Wella, she founded the Crespo Chamber Music Foundation, in 2004 she founded another foundation, the Crespo Foundation, which promotes educational projects. Donated most of the proceeds from the sale of the family-owned Wella Group. With her funds, she supports people who are in unfavorable starting conditions, but want to build their own career.