''If you want to be successful, you have to work hard. But the work has to be enjoyable.'' He is an entrepreneur who stands by his words. Environmentally conscious working and sustainability are particularly important to him. He runs his company the way he wanted to when he was an himself an employee as an employee. And even at the age of 78, he is still in his office at Jöst abrasives, the abrasives manufacturer from Affolterbach, at 8 a.m. every day, checking that everything is in order: that's Peter Jöst. For his services to the family business, he was named "Hero of the Mittelstand (Small Business)" by the German Wirtschaftswoche (Economic Week) magazine at the beginning of the year. 1 Odenwälder Zeitung, Fortwährender Erfindergeist bringt Erfolg, Juli 2019