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Axel Springer

1912 - 1985

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Axel Cäsar Springer (2 May 1912 – 22 September 1985) was a German publisher and founder of what is now Axel Springer SE, the largest media publishing firm in Europe. By the early 1960s his print titles dominated the West German daily press market. His Bild Zeitung became the nation's tabloid. In the late 1960s, Springer entered into confrontation with the emergent New Left. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Axel Springer is the 224th most popular businessperson (down from 173rd in 2019), the 2,036th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,643rd in 2019) and the 24th most popular German Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Axel Springer ranks 224 out of 847. Before him are John Jacob Astor, Joe Weider, Tomáš Baťa, Vincenzo Lancia, Giulia Tofana, and Arthur D. Levinson. After him are Dieter Schwarz, Dhirubhai Ambani, Rosalía Mera, Thomas Lipton, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, and Rex Tillerson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Axel Springer ranks 111. Before him are Barbara W. Tuchman, Arne Næss, Samuel Fuller, Isidro Lángara, Igor Markevitch, and Yaroslav Stetsko. After him are Jean Françaix, Aymoré Moreira, Marcel Camus, Muriel Humphrey Brown, Perry Como, and Richard Brooks. Among people deceased in 1985, Axel Springer ranks 69. Before him are Eric Voegelin, David Byron, Hermann Priess, Birabongse Bhanudej, Cus D'Amato, and Jean-Marie Loret. After him are Matti Järvinen, Wellington Koo, Nicolas Frantz, Eugene Ormandy, Vasyl Stus, and Philly Joe Jones.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Axel Springer ranks 2,037 out of 7,253. Before him are Otto Dietrich (1897), Heinrich Schwarz (1906), Theodore of Corsica (1694), Rupert II, Elector Palatine (1325), Ulrich von Hassell (1881), and Manfred Wörner (1934). After him are Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1909), Lotte Reiniger (1899), Klaus Augenthaler (1957), Hinrich Lohse (1896), Dieter Schwarz (1939), and Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge (1795).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Germany

Among businesspeople born in Germany, Axel Springer ranks 24. Before him are James Mayer de Rothschild (1792), Salomon Mayer von Rothschild (1774), Peter Thiel (1967), Melitta Bentz (1873), Maurice de Hirsch (1831), and John Jacob Astor (1763). After him are Dieter Schwarz (1939), Carl Laemmle (1867), Karl Baedeker (1801), Hans Wilsdorf (1881), Friedrich Alfred Krupp (1854), and Herbert Hainer (1954).

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