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Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach

1870 - 1950

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Gustav Georg Friedrich Maria Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (born Gustav von Bohlen und Halbach; 7 August 1870 – 16 January 1950) was a German diplomat and industrialist. From 1909 to 1945, he headed Friedrich Krupp AG, a heavy industry conglomerate, and led the company through two world wars along with his son Alfried, providing significant weapons and materials for the German war effort. Born in The Hague into a German family with a long history in diplomatic service, Gustav von Bohlen und Halbach was the Prussian consul at the Vatican when he married Bertha Krupp, the heiress of the Krupp family, at the behest of Emperor Wilhelm II. He was allowed to add the Krupp name to his own and subsequently became chairman of the company. Under Krupp, the company had a near monopoly in heavy arms manufacture in Germany at the outbreak of the First World War, and was responsible for the production of Big Bertha, the Paris Gun and the U-boat. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach is the 56th most popular businessperson (down from 48th in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 53rd in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Businessperson.

Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach was a German industrialist who founded the Krupp armaments company. He was born in 1812 and died in 1887.

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Among businesspeople, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach ranks 56 out of 847. Before him are Joan Gamper, J. P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, Aga Khan IV, Levi Strauss, and Hugh Hefner. After him are Ettore Bugatti, Larry Ellison, Donald Trump Jr., King C. Gillette, Bill Hewlett, and Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden.

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Among people born in 1870, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach ranks 11. Before him are Sophia of Prussia, Franz Lehár, Jules Bordet, Jean Baptiste Perrin, Adolf Loos, and Juho Kusti Paasikivi. After him are Ivan Bunin, Miguel Primo de Rivera, Albert Fish, Karl Renner, Louis II, Prince of Monaco, and Sigfrid Edström. Among people deceased in 1950, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach ranks 11. Before him are Johannes V. Jensen, Joseph Schumpeter, Norman Haworth, Vaslav Nijinsky, Albert Lebrun, and Léon Blum. After him are Heinrich Mann, Marcel Mauss, Karl Renner, George Minot, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and Willis Carrier.

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Among people born in Netherlands, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach ranks 61 out of 1,646. Before him are Paul J. Crutzen (1933), Tobias Asser (1838), Thomas Bernhard (1931), Paul Verhoeven (1938), Rem Koolhaas (1944), and Jacob Roggeveen (1659). After him are Frank Rijkaard (1962), Theo van Doesburg (1883), Theo van Gogh (1857), Martinus J. G. Veltman (1931), Michiel de Ruyter (1607), and Hugo de Vries (1848).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Netherlands

Among businesspeople born in Netherlands, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach ranks 1. After him are Colonel Tom Parker (1909), Frits Philips (1905), Gerard Philips (1858), and Ton Roosendaal (1960).

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