1886 - 1954
Franz Josef Popp (14 January 1886 in Vienna – 29 July 1954 in Stuttgart) was one of three men responsible for the founding of BMW AG and the First General Director of BMW AG from 1922 to 1942. A number of different candidates have been put forward as the “founders” of BMW AG. In the absence of Karl Rapp, Gustav Otto, Max Friz or Camillo Castiglioni the company would probably never have been born. However, Franz Josef Popp can lay claim to being the prime force in the development of the mobility company we know today. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Josef Popp has received more than 263,090 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Franz Josef Popp is the 363rd most popular businessperson (down from 316th in 2019), the 647th most popular biography from Austria (down from 642nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Austrian Businessperson.
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Among businesspeople, Franz Josef Popp ranks 363 out of 601. Before him are Satya Nadella, Adolf Merckle, Sundar Pichai, Susanne Klatten, Emil Rathenau, and Ray Dalio. After him are Thomas Blake Glover, Dana White, Linda McMahon, Guy Laliberté, David Baszucki, and Howard Schultz.
1967 - Present
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 357
1934 - 2009
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 358
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 359
1962 - Present
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 360
1838 - 1915
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 361
1949 - Present
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 362
1886 - 1954
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 363
1838 - 1911
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 364
1969 - Present
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 365
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 366
1959 - Present
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 367
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 368
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 369
Among people born in 1886, Franz Josef Popp ranks 165. Before him are Ernest Burgess, Rudolf Belling, Othmar Schoeck, Austin Osman Spare, Hiratsuka Raichō, and Toivo Mikael Kivimäki. After him are August Rei, George Cœdès, Victor Boin, Siegfried Sassoon, Johnny Hayes, and Constant Permeke. Among people deceased in 1954, Franz Josef Popp ranks 82. Before him are William Hoyt, Werner Bischof, Édouard Le Roy, Lucien Tesnière, Émile Mâle, and Pyotr Leshchenko. After him are Agus Salim, Hella Wuolijoki, Walter Braunfels, Samuel Jones, Zofia Nałkowska, and Jacques Mieses.
1886 - 1966
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 159
1886 - 1972
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 160
1886 - 1957
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 161
1886 - 1956
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 162
1886 - 1971
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 163
1886 - 1968
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 164
1886 - 1954
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 165
1886 - 1963
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 166
1886 - 1969
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 167
1886 - 1974
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 168
1886 - 1967
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 169
1886 - 1965
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 170
1886 - 1952
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 171
1875 - 1954
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 76
1916 - 1954
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 77
1870 - 1954
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 78
1893 - 1954
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 79
1862 - 1954
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 80
1898 - 1954
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 81
1886 - 1954
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 82
1884 - 1954
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 83
1886 - 1954
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 84
1882 - 1954
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 85
1880 - 1954
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 86
1884 - 1954
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 87
1865 - 1954
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 88
Among people born in Austria, Franz Josef Popp ranks 647 out of 1,237. Before him are Leopold Fitzinger (1802), Karl Schranz (1938), Richard Oswald (1880), Berta Karlik (1904), Gerhard Hanappi (1929), and František Svoboda (1906). After him are Leopold Hofmann (1738), Maurice Loewy (1833), Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg (1899), Eugen Wüster (1898), Franz Defregger (1835), and Joseph Weigl (1766).
1802 - 1884
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 641
1938 - Present
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 642
1880 - 1963
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 643
1904 - 1990
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 644
1929 - 1980
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 645
1906 - 1948
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 646
1886 - 1954
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 647
1738 - 1793
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 648
1833 - 1907
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 649
1899 - 1956
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 650
1898 - 1977
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 651
1835 - 1921
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 652
1766 - 1846
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 653
Among businesspeople born in Austria, Franz Josef Popp ranks 7. Before him are Dietrich Mateschitz (1944), Mercédès Jellinek (1889), Ferdinand Piëch (1937), Giovanni Battista Caproni (1886), Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche (1909), and Toto Wolff (1972).
1944 - 2022
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 1
1889 - 1929
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 2
1937 - 2019
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 3
1886 - 1957
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 4
1909 - 1998
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 5
1972 - Present
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 6
1886 - 1954
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 7