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Reinhard Mohn

1921 - 2009

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Reinhard Mohn (29 June 1921 – 3 October 2009) was a German billionaire businessman and philanthropist. Under his leadership, Bertelsmann, once a medium-sized printing and publishing house, established in 1835, developed into a global media conglomerate. In 1977, he founded the non-profit Bertelsmann Stiftung, which is today one of the largest foundations in Germany, with worldwide reach. Mohn received numerous domestic and international awards, including the Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, and Spain's Prince of Asturias Award. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Reinhard Mohn is the 479th most popular businessperson (down from 459th in 2019), the 4,294th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,229th in 2019) and the 50th most popular German Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Reinhard Mohn ranks 479 out of 847. Before him are Changpeng Zhao, Eli Lilly, Dana White, Akshata Murty, Adolf Merckle, and Dmitry Rybolovlev. After him are Henry Luce, Johann Carolus, Michael Dell, Andrea Agnelli, Pierre Veyron, and Eduardo Saverin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Reinhard Mohn ranks 279. Before him are Rinaldo Martino, Bernard Lown, Ottavio Missoni, Carlo Parola, Jamie Uys, and James Blish. After him are Roberto Tucci, Nadezhda Popova, Ernst Haas, Tommy Cooper, Rodney Dangerfield, and Eusebio Castigliano. Among people deceased in 2009, Reinhard Mohn ranks 210. Before him are Clodovil Hernandes, Willem Johan Kolff, Lei Clijsters, Juvenal Amarijo, Adolf Merckle, and Henri Pousseur. After him are Torsten Lindberg, Arnold Meri, Otar Chiladze, Klavdiya Boyarskikh, Henry Gibson, and Helen Levitt.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Reinhard Mohn ranks 4,296 out of 7,253. Before him are Loki Schmidt (1919), Martin Gropius (1824), Julius Friedrich Cohnheim (1839), Ferdinand Keller (1842), Hugo Strauß (1907), and Martina Gedeck (1961). After him are Marc Forster (1969), Emil Julius Gumbel (1891), Wilhelm Bauer (1822), Hilde Schrader (1910), Stefan Kuntz (1962), and Elisabeth Langgässer (1899).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Germany

Among businesspeople born in Germany, Reinhard Mohn ranks 50. Before him are Henry E. Steinway (1797), Ida Straus (1849), Emil Rathenau (1838), Susanne Klatten (1962), Albert Ballin (1857), and Adolf Merckle (1934). After him are Ernest Oppenheimer (1880), Marcus Goldman (1821), Hermann Josef Abs (1901), Josef Neckermann (1912), Katerina Tikhonova (1986), and Kim Dotcom (1974).

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