Michael Ritter

Managing Director of LLC “KLAAS”


Michael Ritter was born in Hagenow (Germany) in 1973. From 1996-2001 studied business management in the university in Lüneburg (Germany).

 From the start of the employment career Michael Ritter worked in different countries, including Argentina, South Africa, Germany and Russia. Michael Ritter has been working at the plant VOLKSWAGEN in Kaluga as a Head of the Financial Control Department and the Deputy Financial Director for several years. Starting from 2009 till now, Mr. Ritter has been working in Krasnodar at the plant “KLAAS”  as a Commercial Director.

“KLAAS” is the leading European plant for production of agricultural equipment. From the start of operation, the plant produced over 6000 thousand of equipment units: combines and tractors. In 2015, II part of the plant has been launched, followed by the transfer to the complete production cycle. Total investment volume was 120 mln. Euro. In 2016 a Special investment contract with the Ministry of Industry and Trade has been signed in Russia.