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20th-century German businesspeople

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The list 20th-century German businesspeople includes Otto Frank, Richard Oetker, Hugo Boss, Friedrich Wilhelm Schnitzler and Andy Bechtolsheim. The list consists of 325 members and 3 sublists.

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  • 1.

    Christine Kaufmann
    German actress and businesswoman
    Christine Kaufmann
    Overview: Christine Maria Kaufmann ( 11 January 1945 – 28 March 2017) was a German-Austrian actress, author, and businesswoman. The daughter of a German father and a French mother, she won the Golden Globe Award ...
    Date of birth: 26 January 1945
    Date of death: 28 March 2017
    Age: 72 (age at death)
    Nationality: Austrian
    Occupation: Actress
    Gender: Female
    Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)
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    Businesspeople from Munich 33T
    2017 deaths 9,371T
    Actresses from Munich 76T
  • 2.

    Otto Frank
    German-born father of Anne and Margot Frank
    Otto Frank
    Overview: Otto Heinrich Frank (12 May 1889 – 19 August 1980) was a German businessman who later became a resident of the Netherlands and Switzerland. He was the father of Anne and Margot Frank and husband ...
    Date of birth: 12 May 1889
    Date of death: 19 August 1980
    Age: 91 (age at death)
    Nationality: German
    Occupation: Historian
    Gender: Male
    Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)
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    Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the Netherlands 41T
    Jewish concentration camp survivors 104T
    German Jewish military personnel of World War I 30T
  • 3.

    Oskar Schindler
    German industrialist and humanitarian during the Nazi era (1908-1974)
    Oskar Schindler
    Overview: Oskar Schindler ( 28 April 1908 – 9 October 1974) was a German industrialist and a member of the Nazi Party who is credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in ...
    Date of birth: 28 April 1908
    Date of death: 9 October 1974
    Age: 66 (age at death)
    Nationality: German
    Occupation: Business
    Gender: Male
    Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)
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    Nazi-era German officials who resisted the Holocaust 20T
    Deaths from liver failure 121T
    German enamellers 6T
  • 4.

    Richard Oetker
    German entrepreneur, victim of kidnapping
    Richard Oetker
    Overview: Richard Oetker (born 4 January 1951) is a German billionaire heir and businessman, who in 2010 became CEO of multinational food processing company Dr. Oetker. In 1976 he was kidnapped by Dieter Zlof, a ...
    Date of birth: 4 January 1952
    Age: 73
    Nationality: German
    Occupation: Business
    Gender: Male
    Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)
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    Businesspeople from Bielefeld 10T
    Dr. Oetker people 3T
    21st-century German businesspeople 109T
  • 5.

    Hugo Boss
    German businessman (1885–1948)
    Hugo Boss
    Overview: Hugo Ferdinand Boss (8 July 1885 – 9 August 1948) was a German fashion designer and businessman. He was the founder of the fashion house Hugo Boss AG. He was an active member of the Nazi Party as ...
    Date of birth: 8 July 1885
    Date of death: 9 August 1948
    Age: 63 (age at death)
    Nationality: German
    Occupation: Fashion Designer
    Gender: Male
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    German Army personnel of World War I 1,497T
    Menswear designers 109T
    Nazi Party members 608T
  • 6.

    Jil Sander
    German fashion designer
    Jil Sander
    Overview: Heidemarie Jiline "Jil" Sander (born 27 November 1943 in Wesselburen) is a minimalist German fashion designer and the founder of the Jil Sander fashion house.
    Date of birth: 27 November 1943
    Age: 81
    Nationality: German
    Occupation: Fashion Designer
    Gender: Female
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    21st-century German businesswomen 27T
    20th-century German businesswomen 25T
    German women fashion designers 23T
  • 7.

    Friedrich Wilhelm Schnitzler
    German politician
    Friedrich Wilhelm Schnitzler
    Overview: Friedrich "Fritz" Wilhelm Schnitzler (16 December 1928 – 15 July 2011) was a German landowner and business manager, and also a local politician in the CDU, the founder of the agricultural association ...
    Date of birth: 16 December 1928
    Date of death: 15 July 2011
    Age: 82 (age at death)
    Nationality: German
    Occupation: Manager
    Gender: Male
    Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)
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    21st-century German businesspeople 109T
    German business executives 21T
    German farmers 19T
  • 8.

    Erica Brausen
    British art dealer
    Erica Brausen
    Overview: Erica Brausen (31 January 1908 – 16 December 1992), was an art dealer and gallerist who established the Hanover Gallery in London in 1948. She was an early champion of several influential contemporary ...
    Date of birth: 31 January 1908
    Date of death: 16 December 1992
    Age: 84 (age at death)
    Nationality: German
    Occupation: Business
    Gender: Female
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    Businesspeople from Düsseldorf 19T
    Art dealers from London 55T
    German emigrants to England 312T
  • 9.

    Susanne Klatten
    German businesswoman
    Susanne Klatten
    Overview: Susanne Hanna Ursula Klatten (née Quandt, born 28 April 1962) is a German billionaire heiress, the daughter of Herbert and Johanna Quandt. As of May 2021, her net worth was estimated at US$25.5 billion ...
    Date of birth: 28 April 1962
    Age: 62
    Nationality: German
    Occupation: Business
    Gender: Female
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    21st-century German businesswomen 27T
    20th-century German businesswomen 25T
    Businesspeople from Hesse 24T
  • 10.
    Rudolf von Ribbentrop
    Overview: Rudolf von Ribbentrop (born 11 May 1921) is a former German wine merchant and a former Waffen-SS Captain who served in World War II. He is the son of the German diplomat and Foreign Minister Joachim von ...
    Date of birth: 11 May 1921
    Date of death: 20 May 2019
    Age: 98 (age at death)
    Nationality: German
    Occupation: Military
    Gender: Male
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    2019 deaths 6,613T
    Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 2,506T
    SS-Hauptsturmführer 142T
  • 11.

    Andy Bechtolsheim
    German electrical engineer
    Andy Bechtolsheim
    Overview: Andreas Maria Maximilian Freiherr von Mauchenheim genannt Bechtolsheim (born 30 September 1955) is a German electrical engineer, entrepreneur, investor, and billionaire. He co-founded Sun Microsystems ...
    Date of birth: 30 September 1955
    Age: 69
    Nationality: German
    Occupation: Business
    Gender: Male
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    Businesspeople from Augsburg 11T
    Engineers from Bavaria 52T
    21st-century German businesspeople 109T
  • 12.

    Günther Quandt
    German businessman
    Günther Quandt
    Overview: Günther Quandt (28 July 1881 – 30 December 1954) was a German industrialist who founded an industrial empire that today includes BMW and Altana (chemicals).
    Date of birth: 28 July 1881
    Date of death: 30 December 1954
    Age: 73 (age at death)
    Nationality: German
    Occupation: Business
    Gender: Male
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    Businesspeople from Brandenburg 4T
    German industrialists 125T
    Nazi Party members 608T
  • 13.

    Theo Albrecht, Jr.
    German businessman
    Theo Albrecht, Jr.
    Overview: Theodor "Theo" Albrecht Jr. (born 1950) is a German billionaire businessman, the son of Theo Albrecht, co-founder of Aldi. As of January 2018, Albrecht's net worth is estimated by Forbes as $22.4 billion ...
    Date of birth: 1950
    Age: 74
    Nationality: German
    Occupation: Business
    Gender: Male
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    Businesspeople from Bremen (state) 7T
    Aldi people 5T
    Albrecht family 7T
  • 14.

    Alexander Otto
    German billionaire businessman (born 1967)
    Alexander Otto
    Overview: Alexander Otto (born 7 July 1967) is a German billionaire businessman.
    Date of birth: 7 July 1967
    Age: 57
    Nationality: German
    Occupation: Business
    Gender: Male
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    Otto family 7T
    Businesspeople from Hamburg 74T
    Harvard College alumni 2,012T
  • 15.

    Johannes, 11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
    11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
    Johannes, 11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
    Overview: Johannes, 11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (5 June 1926 – 14 December 1990) was a German businessman and head of the House of Thurn und Taxis from 1982 until his death.
    Date of birth: 5 June 1926
    Date of death: 14 December 1990
    Age: 64 (age at death)
    Nationality: German
    Occupation: Business
    Gender: Male
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    German landowners 6T
    German people of Liechtenstein descent 2T
    20th-century businesspeople 1,556T
  • 16.

    Karl Rapp
    German engineer
    Karl Rapp
    Overview: Karl Friedrich Rapp (24 September 1882 in Ehingen (Danube) – 26 May 1962 in Locarno) was a German founder and owner of the Rapp Motorenwerke GmbH in Munich. In time this company became BMW AG. He ...
    Date of birth: 24 September 1882
    Date of death: 26 May 1962
    Age: 79 (age at death)
    Nationality: German
    Occupation: Engineer
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    Engineers from Baden-Württemberg 48T
    People from Locarno 32T
    People from Ehingen 9T
  • 17.

    Melitta Bentz
    German entrepreneur and inventor of the coffee filter
    Melitta Bentz
    Overview: Amalie Auguste Melitta Bentz (31 January 1873 – 29 June 1950), born Amalie Auguste Melitta Liebscher, was a German entrepreneur who invented the paper coffee filter brewing system in 1908. She founded ...
    Date of birth: 31 January 1873
    Date of death: 29 June 1950
    Age: 77 (age at death)
    Nationality: German
    Occupation: Inventor
    Gender: Female
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    20th-century German businesswomen 25T
    20th-century German inventors 195T
    Businesspeople from Dresden 15T
  • 18.

    Rudolf Dassler
    German businessman
    Rudolf Dassler
    Overview: Rudolf "Rudi" Dassler (26 March 1898 in Herzogenaurach, Germany – 27 October 1974 in Herzogenaurach) was the German founder of the sportswear company Puma and the older brother of Adidas founder, Adolf ...
    Date of birth: 26 March 1898
    Date of death: 27 October 1974
    Age: 76 (age at death)
    Nationality: German
    Occupation: Business
    Gender: Male
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    Dassler family 4T
    Adidas people 14T
    Nazi Party members 608T
  • 19.

    Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler
    German businessman
    Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler
    Overview: Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler (born 17 August 1941 in Prague) is one of the owners of Schaeffler Group, one of the world's largest producers of rolling bearings. The other owner is her son Georg F. W. Schaeffler ...
    Date of birth: 17 August 1941
    Age: 83
    Nationality: German
    Occupation: Business
    Gender: Male
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    Businesspeople from Prague 26T
    Businesspeople from Bavaria 39T
    21st-century German businesspeople 109T
  • 20.

    Adolf Dassler
    German cobbler, inventor, and entrepreneur (1900–1978)
    Adolf Dassler
    Overview: Adolf "Adi" Dassler (3 November 1900 – 6 December 1978) was a German cobbler, inventor and entrepreneur who founded the German sportswear company Adidas. He was also the younger brother of Rudolf Dassler ...
    Date of birth: 3 November 1900
    Date of death: 6 September 1978
    Age: 77 (age at death)
    Nationality: German
    Occupation: Fashion Designer
    Gender: Male
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    Dassler family 4T
    Adidas people 10T
    20th-century inventors 654T
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