Find out more about the greatest German Business People, including Oskar Schindler, Friedrich Engels, Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Adolf Dassler and Otto Frank.
Oskar Schindler28 April 1908
Peter Thiel11 October 1967
Co-founder of PayPal
Hugo Boss08 July 1885
Fashion Designer, Entrepreneur
Jawed Karim28 October 1979
Co-Founder of YouTube
Otto Frank12 May 1889
Father of Anne Frank
Karl Benz25 November 1844
Entrepreneur
Kim Dotcom21 January 1974
Entrepreneur, Programmer, Hacker
Ferdinand Porsche03 September 1875
Founder of Porsche Automobile Company
Uwe Boll22 June 1965
Restaurateur
Mayer Amschel Rothschild23 February 1744
Banker
Rudolf Dassler26 March 1898
Entrepreneur
Susanne Klatten28 April 1962
Businesswoman
William Boeing01 October 1881
Founder of Boeing Company
Jakob Fugger06 March 1459
Entrepreneur, Banker
Corinna Schumacher02 March 1969
Michael Schumacher's Wife
Werner von Siemens13 December 1816
Inventor
Dietmar Hopp26 April 1940
Entrepreneur
Adolf Dassler03 November 1901
entrepreneur, politician
Levi Strauss26 February 1829
American-German businessman
John Jacob Astor17 July 1763
Entrepreneur
Theo Albrecht28 March 1922
Entrepreneur
Marcus Prinz von Anhalt20 December 1969
socialite, nightclub owner
Albert Göring09 March 1895
Mechanical engineer
Barbara Orbison10 January 1950
Record producer, Music publisher, Composer
Karl Albrecht20 February 1920
Entrepreneur
Ludwig Erhard04 February 1897
Economist, Politician, University teacher
Sebastian Thrun14 May 1967
Computer scientist
Carl Laemmle17 January 1867
Filmmaker
Ferdinand von Zeppelin08 July 1838
Aviator, Officer, Balloonist
Walther Funk18 August 1890
Journalist, Banker, Economist, Politician
Robert Bosch23 September 1861
Entrepreneur, Inventor, Artisan
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Eike Batista03 November 1956
Businessperson
John Kluge21 September 1914
Entrepreneur
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach13 August 1907
Industrialist
Steve Shirley16 September 1933
Computer scientist, Feminist
Adolf Merckle18 March 1934
Entrepreneur
Axel A. Weber08 March 1957
Economist, Banker, University teacher
Paul Reuter21 July 1816
Journalist, Writer, Publisher
Amschel Mayer Rothschild12 June 1773
Banker
Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach07 August 1870
Banker, Diplomat
Alfred Herrhausen30 January 1930
Banker
Axel Springer02 May 1912
Journalist
Henry E. Steinway15 February 1797
Piano Manufacturer
Albert Lasker01 May 1880
Businessman
Carl von Linde11 June 1842
Scientist
Carl Mayer von Rothschild24 April 1788
Banker
Friedrich Bayer06 June 1825
Businessman
Reinhard Mohn29 June 1921
Entrepreneur
Matthias Rath1955 AD
physician, conspiracy theorist
Carl Hagenbeck10 June 1844
Merchant
Hugo Eckener10 August 1868
Aeronautical engineer
Henry Villard10 April 1835
Journalist
Hugo Stinnes12 February 1870
Industrialist
Anton Flettner01 November 1885
Engineer
Friedrich Flick10 July 1883
Industrialist
Mathias Döpfner15 January 1963
Businessman
Friedrich Weyerhäuser21 November 1834
Business person
Bernd Pischetsrieder15 February 1948
Engineer
Klaus Johann Jacobs03 December 1936
Billionaire
Barthold Georg Niebuhr27 August 1776
Statesman
Fritz von Opel04 May 1899
Industrialist
Nathan Meyer Rothschild16 September 1777
Banker
Tobias Lutke16 July 1980
Businessperson
Glikl of Hameln1646 AD
Businesswomen
Uli Hoeneß05 January 1952
Footballer
Walter O'Malley09 October 1903
Sports Executive