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Hans Wilsdorf

1881 - 1960

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Hans Wilsdorf (22 March 1881 – 6 July 1960) was a German businessman, best known as the founder of Rolex and Tudor. Wilsdorf's philosophy for the companies was "only great marketing is needed to make a company successful". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Wilsdorf is the 248th most popular businessperson (down from 205th in 2019), the 2,216th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,952nd in 2019) and the 28th most popular German Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Hans Wilsdorf ranks 248 out of 847. Before him are Malcolm Glazer, Karl Baedeker, Johns Hopkins, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, Lee Shau-kee, and Steve Fossett. After him are Vagit Alekperov, David Icke, Shibusawa Eiichi, George Gallup, Terry Gou, and Isaac Carasso.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Hans Wilsdorf ranks 80. Before him are Irakli Tsereteli, Louis Trousselier, H. H. Kung, Sergey Kamenev, Tommy Burns, and Adolfo de la Huerta. After him are Hermann Ehrhardt, Albert Gleizes, Ernst Gräfenberg, Titus Brandsma, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, and Väinö Tanner. Among people deceased in 1960, Hans Wilsdorf ranks 66. Before him are Pierre Reverdy, Alexandre Benois, Edwin Fischer, Salvatore Ferragamo, Bruno Loerzer, and The Great Gama. After him are Leonard Woolley, Georges Claude, Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria, Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Johan Gunnar Andersson, and Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Wilsdorf ranks 2,217 out of 7,253. Before him are William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1602), Ulrich Mühe (1953), Julius Jacob von Haynau (1786), Yehuda Amichai (1924), Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1678), and Elvira Madigan (1867). After him are Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria (1368), George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1547), Stephen the Posthumous (1236), Paul von Hase (1885), Fritz Wunderlich (1930), and Wilhelm Marr (1819).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Germany

Among businesspeople born in Germany, Hans Wilsdorf ranks 28. Before him are Maurice de Hirsch (1831), John Jacob Astor (1763), Axel Springer (1912), Dieter Schwarz (1939), Carl Laemmle (1867), and Karl Baedeker (1801). After him are Friedrich Alfred Krupp (1854), Herbert Hainer (1954), Friedrich Krupp (1787), Dietmar Hopp (1940), Jawed Karim (1979), and Hans Riegel (1923).

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