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Emil Molt was the founder of the first Waldorf School. He invited Rudolf Steiner to become the pedagogical director of the school, and Steiner's insights and methods became known as Waldorf Education.
Emil Molt was born in southern Germany, and orphaned at 13. After finishing high school he was apprenticed to Emil Georgii in the town of Calw, in the Black Forest.
he eventually came to be director and part owner of the Waldorf Astoria cigarette company. Under Molt’s direction the brand was highly successful. Molt was a sensitive and progressive manager.
Molt first heard Rudolf Steiner speak in 1904, and became a member of the Theosophical Society in 1906. Stuttgart was a hub of anthroposophical activity, and Steiner came through many times. The area had the first dedicated branch house (in 1911) and regular meetings. After the First World War Steiner spoke several times in lectures about things that could be done, and Molt felt called upon to act. Molt and several other Stuttgart-based anthroposophists tried to establish the Threefold Social Order in Baden-Württemberg, but despite their tremendous efforts, this did not come about. But Molt did take his idea of a school for his worker’s children, which he had shared with the workers to great enthusiasm, to Rudolf Steiner, who took it up. Molt earmarked a substantial sum from the company profits to pay for the school.
For the first year it was a “company” school, with the teachers being paid as employees of the Waldorf Astoria Cigarette Company.