Born in 1965 in the Waldviertel (Lower Austria) as the son of a farmer. In 1988, he founded the company “Sonnentor” to market herbal specialities from organic farmers in the Waldviertel region under the logo of the laughing sun, both regionally and internationally. Twenty years later, he has 100 employees, 600 products in his range and the luck of the brave on his side. Johannes Gutmann is original in his ideas and gifted with an eye for what can succeed. “He has always remained Hannes,” say “his” farmers, who have been his most important partners since the very beginning. Johannes Gutmann lives by values that make a good life possible: Fairness, partnership, courage, creativity and humour.