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Ernest Oppenheimer

1880 - 1957

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Sir Ernest Oppenheimer (22 May 1880 – 25 November 1957) was a diamond and gold mining entrepreneur, financier and philanthropist, who controlled De Beers and founded the Anglo American Corporation of South Africa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernest Oppenheimer has received more than 589,423 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ernest Oppenheimer is the 428th most popular businessperson (up from 495th in 2019), the 3,959th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,261st in 2019) and the 49th most popular German Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Ernest Oppenheimer ranks 428 out of 847. Before him are Maurice Farman, Vincent J. McMahon, Jim Ratcliffe, Jorge Mendes, Guy Laliberté, and Angus Ogilvy. After him are Eli Lilly, Suge Knight, Vicente Calderón, Peter Lynch, Jawed Karim, and Azim Premji.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Ernest Oppenheimer ranks 136. Before him are Louis Wolheim, William Joseph Simmons, Herbert Brenon, Lipót Fejér, Mikheil Javakhishvili, and Joseph Grew. After him are Cora Sandel, Lajos Bíró, Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas, Konrad von Preysing, Conrad Albrecht, and Agha Petros. Among people deceased in 1957, Ernest Oppenheimer ranks 141. Before him are William Cameron Menzies, Oldřich Duras, Josephine Hull, Harald Sverdrup, Kulyash Baiseitova, and Marie Vassilieff. After him are Arie de Jong, Walter Jakobsson, Norma Talmadge, Ted Meredith, Wilhelm Nusselt, and Mark Aldanov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernest Oppenheimer ranks 3,959 out of 7,253. Before him are Marco Rose (1976), Ernest Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1560), Philip II, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels (1541), Peter Schenk the Elder (1660), Leopold III, Prince of Lippe (1821), and Duke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1824). After him are Markus Söder (1967), Jacob Sturm (1771), Carl Dahlhaus (1928), Theodor Benfey (1809), Philipp Nicolai (1556), and Emil von Sauer (1862).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Germany

Among businesspeople born in Germany, Ernest Oppenheimer ranks 49. Before him are Emil Rathenau (1838), Susanne Klatten (1962), Albert Ballin (1857), Elizabeth Christ Trump (1880), Adolf Merckle (1934), and Peter Thiel (1967). After him are Jawed Karim (1979), Reinhard Mohn (1921), Kim Dotcom (1974), Marcus Goldman (1821), Hermann Josef Abs (1901), and Steve Shirley (1933).

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