Carl Klönne
Carl Klönne (born May 26, 1850 in Solingen , † May 20, 1915 in Berlin ) was a German banker .
Klönne began his career at the Westfälische Bank in Bielefeld . In 1879 he became a board member of A. Schaaffhausen'schen Bankverein in Cologne .
He advanced to become one of the major financiers of the Rhenish-Westphalian heavy industry , especially as a close advisor to August Thyssen .
In 1900 he became a member of the Management Board of Deutsche Bank AG , of which he was a member until 1914. Through him, the bank also gained a foothold in West Germany, after having previously focused more on the electronics industry around Berlin. He also founded the cooperation between Deutsche Bank and Essen Credit-Anstalt .
He played a major role in the financing of the Thyssen Group , RWE AG , Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-AG and the German-Luxembourgish Mining and Hütten-AG .
literature
- Rudolf Lenz: Klönne, Carl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 109 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Biography on the website of the Historical Society of Deutsche Bank , last accessed on August 1, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Klönne, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German banker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Solingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 20, 1915 |
| Place of death | Berlin |