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Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach

1870 - 1950

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Gustav Georg Friedrich Maria Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (born Gustav von Bohlen und Halbach; 7 August 1870 – 16 January 1950) was a German foreign service official who became chairman of the board of Friedrich Krupp AG, a heavy industry conglomerate, after his marriage to Bertha Krupp, who had inherited the company. He and his son Alfried would lead the company through two world wars, producing almost everything for the German war machine from U-boats, battleships, howitzers, trains, railway guns, machine guns, cars, tanks, and much more. Krupp produced the Tiger I tank, Big Bertha and the Paris Gun, among other inventions, under Gustav. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach has received more than 322,806 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach is the 40th most popular businessperson (up from 42nd in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 46th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Businessperson.

Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach was a German industrialist who founded the Krupp armaments company. He was born in 1812 and died in 1887.

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Among businesspeople, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach ranks 40 out of 601. Before him are J. P. Morgan, Guccio Gucci, Otto Frank, João Havelange, Robert Bosch, and J. Paul Getty. After him are Ettore Bugatti, Ferruccio Lamborghini, Soichiro Honda, Robert Kiyosaki, Bernie Madoff, and Ronald Wayne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach ranks 9. Before him are Alfred Adler, Franz Lehár, Christian X of Denmark, Adolf Loos, Jean Baptiste Perrin, and Jules Bordet. After him are Albert Fish, William G. Morgan, Miguel Primo de Rivera, Louis II, Prince of Monaco, Lavr Kornilov, and Karl Renner. Among people deceased in 1950, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach ranks 7. Before him are George Orwell, George Bernard Shaw, Joseph Schumpeter, Gustaf V of Sweden, Vaslav Nijinsky, and Johannes V. Jensen. After him are Albert Lebrun, Léon Blum, Marcel Mauss, Willis Carrier, Vallabhbhai Patel, and Émile Jaques-Dalcroze.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach ranks 40 out of 1,427. Before him are Jan Steen (1626), Rinus Michels (1928), Michiel de Ruyter (1607), William II of the Netherlands (1792), Guus Hiddink (1946), and Louis van Gaal (1951). After him are Jan van Riebeeck (1619), Marco van Basten (1964), Thomas Bernhard (1931), André Rieu (1949), Max Euwe (1901), and Willebrord Snellius (1580).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Netherlands

Among businesspeople born in Netherlands, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach ranks 1. After him are Frits Philips (1905), Colonel Tom Parker (1909), and Ton Roosendaal (1960).

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