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Karl Wittgenstein

1847 - 1913

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Karl Otto Clemens Wittgenstein (8 April 1847 – 20 January 1913) was a German-born Austrian steel tycoon. A friend of Andrew Carnegie, with whom he was often compared, at the end of the 19th century he controlled an effective monopoly on steel and iron resources within the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and had by the 1890s acquired one of the largest fortunes in the world. He was also the father of concert pianist Paul Wittgenstein, philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, and philanthropist Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Wittgenstein is the 342nd most popular businessperson (up from 359th in 2019), the 3,052nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,412th in 2019) and the 37th most popular German Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Karl Wittgenstein ranks 342 out of 847. Before him are Joseph Oller, Pavel Durov, Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, Linda Yaccarino, Friedrich Bayer, and Lamine Diack. After him are Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Beate Uhse-Rotermund, Siegfried Bing, Arkady Rotenberg, Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, and Lei Jun.

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Among people born in 1847, Karl Wittgenstein ranks 52. Before him are Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma, Margarete Steiff, Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Augusta Holmès, Joseph Achille Le Bel, and Millicent Fawcett. After him are Julia Lermontova, Pavel Yablochkov, Remus von Woyrsch, Oku Yasukata, Ida Saxton McKinley, and Émile Faguet. Among people deceased in 1913, Karl Wittgenstein ranks 45. Before him are Okakura Kakuzō, Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo, Mahmud Shevket Pasha, Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Victor Henri Rochefort, Marquis de Rochefort-Luçay, and Aurel Vlaicu. After him are Anthimus VII of Constantinople, Marie Popelin, Hjalmar Johansen, Paul Friedrich August Ascherson, Mikoláš Aleš, and Frederick Holman.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Wittgenstein ranks 3,054 out of 7,253. Before him are Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1425), Adolph Frank (1834), Konrad Duden (1829), Stefan Heym (1913), Jacques Ignace Hittorff (1792), and Alojs Andritzki (1914). After him are Friedrich Hirzebruch (1927), Solomon Perel (1925), Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (1884), Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein (1870), Heinrich Schrader (1767), and Justinus Kerner (1786).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Germany

Among businesspeople born in Germany, Karl Wittgenstein ranks 37. Before him are Friedrich Krupp (1787), Dietmar Hopp (1940), Jawed Karim (1979), Hans Riegel (1923), Martin Winterkorn (1947), and Friedrich Bayer (1825). After him are Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (1884), Siegfried Bing (1838), Bertha Krupp (1886), Karl Rapp (1882), Theo Albrecht (1922), and Johanna Quandt (1926).

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