Wolfgang Rieder

Wolfgang Rieder is the CEO of Rieder Group and the founder of Rieder facades, specializing in innovative and sustainable facade panels. With over 20 years of experience, they have transformed a family business into a global leader with operations in Austria, Canada, and the Pacific Northwest. Rieder is passionate about empowering indigenous people in British Columbia and is developing the world's first cement-free concrete facade panels to reduce CO2 emissions. They are also committed to planting over 500,000 trees by 2028 to offset the company's carbon footprint. Rieder holds a Master of Economics from the University of Vienna and was a Loeb Fellow at Harvard Graduate School of Design.