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Meyer Guggenheim

1828 - 1905

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Meyer Guggenheim ( GOOG-in-hime; German: [ˈmaɪər ˈɡʊɡn̩haɪm]; February 1, 1828 – March 15, 1905) was the patriarch of what became known as the Guggenheim family in the United States, which became one of the world's wealthiest families during the 19th century, and remained so during the 20th. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Meyer Guggenheim is the 264th most popular businessperson (down from 241st in 2019), the 229th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 216th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Swiss Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Meyer Guggenheim ranks 264 out of 847. Before him are Srettha Thavisin, Marcel Bich, Alice Walton, Edsel Ford, Lee Jae-yong, and Shin Kyuk-ho. After him are Jack Tramiel, Asa Griggs Candler, Jack Daniel, Charles Simonyi, Friedrich Alfred Krupp, and Fife Symington.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1828, Meyer Guggenheim ranks 30. Before him are Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, Iosif Gurko, Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, George Meredith, Dora d'Istria, and Étienne Carjat. After him are Joseph Dietzgen, Effie Gray, Charles Floquet, Antoinette de Mérode, Mór Than, and Władysław Czartoryski. Among people deceased in 1905, Meyer Guggenheim ranks 34. Before him are Carmine Crocco, Marcel Schwob, Lew Wallace, Hudson Taylor, George MacDonald, and Pedro Américo. After him are Ivan Sechenov, Henrik Sjöberg, Infanta Amalia of Spain, Clément Juglar, Josip Belušić, and José-Maria de Heredia.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Meyer Guggenheim ranks 229 out of 1,015. Before him are Joseph Deiss (1946), Roberto Di Matteo (1970), Eugène Grasset (1845), Leonardo Conti (1900), Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier (1750), and Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810). After him are Joanna of Pfirt (1300), Pierre Jeanneret (1896), George de Mestral (1907), Emil Brunner (1889), Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein (1968), and Robert Miles (1969).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Switzerland

Among businesspeople born in Switzerland, Meyer Guggenheim ranks 8. Before him are Joan Gamper (1877), Aga Khan IV (1936), Louis Chevrolet (1878), Gianni Infantino (1970), César Ritz (1850), and Peter Sauber (1943). After him are Umberto Agnelli (1934), Daniel Peter (1836), Julius Maggi (1846), Paul Sacher (1906), Gustav Wiederkehr (1905), and Walter Wild (1872).

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