The tale of the long wiener

It was 60 years ago that a 3-year old little boy invented a tale about a king, who made such a long wiener that it fed the whole country. This little boy grew up and now he manufactures long wieners for the country: his name is Dr Endre Tamás and he has been the managing director of Wiesbauer-Dunahús for 15 years.
T. M.: – How did your career start in the meat industry? – On a boat trip in I met the owner of a prestigious Austrian meat company. We became friends and in 1994 he decided to set up a company in Hungary too, and he convinced me to be the head of the company we had started together.
T. M.: – How did the meat industry welcome you? – Many people helped me. They respected that I was a mathematician and saw that I took the whole thing very seriously. I learned everything that I could and surrounded myself with experts who knew everything about production and sales was never a problem for me, as it had to do with numbers.
T. M.: – Did you expect to run a company with a sales revenue of HUF 2.2 billion in 15 years time? – I gave it a 50 percent chance…But seriously, I was in the lucky position of building up the company from scratch. Throughout the years we never changed the basic concept: to produce the best quality, no matter what it takes. Three of our products, Puszta Debreceni, Túra Cold Cut and Bécsi Long Wiener earned the Quality Food From Hungary mark.
T. M.: – What are you proud of the most? – My two-year-old grandchild and my son who is one of the producers of the TV programme Beugró. As for my profession, I am most proud of making it to the top, despite coming from a different field of life. Now that I am 65, I will slowly retreat from operative work and my excellent colleagues will lead Wiesbauer-Dunahús.