Never met him but I was was very aware of him because I worked in a dealer during his, (and Porsche's), heyday in the 1980s. Of course, Porsche has had another heyday since but 1986 was a banner year when they sold 30k cars in the U.S. I think that the previous record was about half that.
My dad's closest friend, (like an uncle to me), was a lawyer who got the Porsche account in the U.S. when Schutz came aboard and hired his firm. I remember hearing a lot about it from him at the time, how Porsche wanted to kill the 911 and his guy had other ideas, etc. His firm had to open an office in Reno at the same time Porsche set up shop there.
Our friend personally handled the Porsche account and Schutz was his client. He promptly ordered a new 1983 911SC cabriolet, Schutz had it built for him. It was an early car and the first one I ever saw on the street. What was interesting at the time is that the lawyer, Peter Dorsey, is an Army Infantry vet of WW2 who took a bullet and previously would not go near a German car. My dad had a Mercedes SL but his friend only bought American and English cars. Lots of nice ones, I might add.
Anyways, we had a blast w that SC and everyone got plenty of seat time in it blasting around Minneapolis that summer. I swear to this day, it was the quickest 911SC I've ever driven. I always wondered if Schutz had something special done w that car(?) Peter, (the owner), was just ecstatic about it and seriously could not believe how much fun it was. He had seriously never driven a German car, much less a Porsche. He and his son, Justin, took it on a road trip across Canada heading west to BC and covered 1000 miles in daylight w the top down during one of those looong summer days up North!
Anyways, they became great friends, the two Peters. The all-American guy from MN. who grew up in privilege and fought in WW2 against the Germans and the German guy who saved Porsche. There was a genuine affection between them and he relished that Porsche account even though he had larger ones. I owe him a phone call today, he is 94 and I haves slacked on keeping in touch since my old man died a couple years ago.