The media once nicknamed his father Hans „Abramovich from the village“. Although his son Markus Hankammer is a bit wary with regard to this nickname, he supports the Wehen Wiesbaden football club, just like his father once did. Without the family, which owns the world market leader for water filters, Brita GmbH from Taunusstein, the club would probably not be playing in the Bundesliga 2 today. However, regardless of the Russian oligarch's background, the club does not want to be compared to Roman Abramovich, who once pulled the strings at Chelsea FC and is said to have invested a total of 1 billion dollars until his involuntary exit in 2022: „Abramovich bought Chelsea FC as an established club. SV Wehen Wiesbaden, on the other hand, has grown with my father and the Brita company and has matured from the A class (comparable to a District League) to a professional club,“ Markus Hankammer once said in an interview with the platform „Wiesbaden lebt“.

However, the club has indeed benefited from the long-standing partnership. „But it's a give and take. The important thing is that we have found a way to work together and sustainably on our goals and dreams. This also means that we have found an environment in the club where we can all pull together.“ Markus Hankammer (born 1968) has been president of SV Wehen Wiesbaden since 2010, succeeding his father, who passed away in 2016.

SV Wehen 1926 Wiesbaden GmbH, as it is known in full, is a football company into which the professional players' section and the youth training centre of the Wehen 1926 – Taunusstein e.V. sports club from the Taunusstein district of Wehen were spun off in summer 2008. A subsidiary of Hanvest Holding (the Hankammer family) holds 90% of the shares in the GmbH and the registered club holds 10% and the majority of the votes. The share capital amounts to 2.5 million euros.

Heinz Hankammer became the main sponsor and president in 1979. At the time, Hankammer Junior was a youth player at SV Wehen. „My father had nothing to do with football back then. He was never a footballer or a sportsman. But he was someone who wanted to make a success of what he started. And that's how he got into football via the youth team,“ recalls Markus Hankammer. Since the early 1980s, a close relationship has developed between the family, the Brita company and SV Wehen, which continues to this day. The club's development, which is closely linked to the Hankammers' commitment, culminated in the 2006/07 season when the club entered the Bundesliga 2 for the first time. Last season, Wehen Wiesbaden were promoted to the top flight of that league for the third time after a few years away and is currently placed in a mid-table position. The time in the 3rd division, in particular, is a financial challenge because the costs are similar to those in the Bundesliga, but the income is less generous.

A few years ago, Hankammer said in an interview with FAZ that the club was „relatively dependent“ on him and the family business. Brita is also the main sponsor and lends its name to the Wiesbaden stadium, which was built after the club's first promotion to the Bundesliga. The club president emphasised at the time that there were no plans to sell shares. Hanvest Holding also owns the Brita Arena through a subsidiary. The construction of the stadium burdened the club with liabilities of around 15 million euros. After the spin-off, the club sold the stadium to the Hanvest subsidiary Stadion Berliner Straße GmbH, which has since rented it out to SV Wehen 1926 Wiesbaden. This has made the club „basically debt-free“. According to Hankammer, the club has made significant progress in terms of income from sponsorship. This makes the club more independent but does not alter its ties to Brita.

Club president Hankammer is often on the football pitch. Still, the manager, who has also managed Brita GmbH since 1999 with an annual turnover of 664 million euros (2022), has long since given up his own career as a footballer, which he once started in Wehen. He was „not blessed with enough talent for a professional career, nor did I have the necessary ambition. It worked up to the fifth division, but I had no chance beyond that,“ he admitted in an interview.