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Franz Josef Popp

1886 - 1954

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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 270,169 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Franz Josef Popp is the 390th most popular businessperson (down from 363rd in 2019), the 702nd most popular biography from Austria (down from 643rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Austrian Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Franz Josef Popp ranks 390 out of 847. Before him are Albert Ballin, Armand Hammer, Mohammed bin Hammam, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Sergei Shchukin, and Elizabeth Christ Trump. After him are Adolf Merckle, Malcom McLean, Toto Wolff, David Geffen, Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and Peter Thiel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Franz Josef Popp ranks 179. Before him are Ernest Burgess, Grigory Neujmin, Othmar Schoeck, Aloïse Corbaz, Siegfried Sassoon, and Felix Timmermans. After him are Austin Osman Spare, Lucien Gaudin, Hidetsugu Yagi, George Cœdès, Chester Conklin, and G. I. Taylor. Among people deceased in 1954, Franz Josef Popp ranks 90. Before him are Samuel Jones, Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp, Oswald de Andrade, Vilhelm Buhl, Mikhail Prishvin, and Agus Salim. After him are Theodore Lyman IV, William Hoyt, Werner Bischof, Jacques Mieses, Zofia Nałkowska, and Tang Enbo.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Franz Josef Popp ranks 702 out of 1,424. Before him are Rudolf von Alt (1812), Heinz Weixelbraun (1963), Joseph Hellmesberger Sr. (1828), Hans Hass (1919), Josef Hickersberger (1948), and Mateo Kovačić (1994). After him are Josef Uridil (1895), Helene Engelmann (1898), Jacob Taubes (1923), Toto Wolff (1972), Heinrich von Ferstel (1828), and Peter Rosegger (1843).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Austria

Among businesspeople born in Austria, Franz Josef Popp ranks 6. Before him are Dietrich Mateschitz (1944), Mercédès Jellinek (1889), Ferdinand Piëch (1937), Giovanni Battista Caproni (1886), and Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche (1909). After him are Toto Wolff (1972).

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