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Paul Reuter

1816 - 1899

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Paul Julius Reuter (born Israel Beer Josaphat; 21 July 1816 – 25 February 1899), later ennobled as Freiherr von Reuter (Baron von Reuter), was a German-born British entrepreneur who was a pioneer of telegraphy and news reporting. He was a reporter, media owner, and the founder of the Reuters news agency, which became part of the Thomson Reuters conglomerate in 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Reuter is the 95th most popular businessperson (down from 91st in 2019), the 784th most popular biography from Germany (up from 862nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular German Businessperson.

Paul Reuter is most famous for being the founder of the news agency Reuters.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Paul Reuter ranks 95 out of 847. Before him are Liliane Bettencourt, Stanley Rous, Li Ka-shing, Calouste Gulbenkian, Charles Koch, and Jesse Livermore. After him are Mukesh Ambani, Chris Gardner, Benjamin Guggenheim, Louis Vuitton, Piero Ferrari, and Kris Jenner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1816, Paul Reuter ranks 9. Before him are Carl Zeiss, Arthur de Gobineau, Ferdinand II of Portugal, Eugène Edine Pottier, Maria Theresa of Austria, and Abbas I of Egypt. After him are Wazir Akbar Khan, Charles-Eugène Delaunay, Carl Ludwig, Franz Sacher, 10th Dalai Lama, and Jean Cabanis. Among people deceased in 1899, Paul Reuter ranks 6. Before him are Johann Strauss II, Alfred Sisley, Robert Bunsen, Leo von Caprivi, and Félix Faure. After him are Rosa Bonheur, Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma, Ernest Chausson, Sophus Lie, Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia, and Horatio Alger.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Paul Reuter ranks 784 out of 7,253. Before him are Amalie Auguste of Bavaria (1801), Kurt Koffka (1886), Johann Martin Schleyer (1831), Hermann Weyl (1885), Achim von Arnim (1781), and Artur Axmann (1913). After him are Hinrich Lichtenstein (1780), Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707), Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724), Erwin Bowien (1899), Marie of Hesse-Kassel (1767), and Hermann of Reichenau (1013).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Germany

Among businesspeople born in Germany, Paul Reuter ranks 11. Before him are Levi Strauss (1829), Rudolf Dassler (1898), Otto Frank (1889), Robert Bosch (1861), Jakob Fugger (1459), and Henri Nestlé (1814). After him are Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777), Elizabeth Christ Trump (1880), Uli Hoeneß (1952), Johann Friedrich Böttger (1682), Karl Albrecht (1920), and Amschel Mayer Rothschild (1773).

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