Charles W. Engelhard, Jr.

Charles W. Engelhard, Jr. (born February 15, 1917 in New Jersey , † March 2, 1971 in Boca Grande ) was an American industrialist.

After the death of his father Charles Engelhard in 1950, Charles Engelhard, Jr. inherited the family company Engelhard Industries Inc. Engelhard increased the inherited fortune by trading gold . He invested large sums in South Africa and also made donations for public institutions, for example for the construction of the Engelhard Dam named after him in the Kruger National Park .

Engelhard not only played an important role in horse racing as the owner of the legendary stallion Nijinsky II ; his horses achieved a total of 213 victories in the USA.

Engelhard started out in 1950 with a fortune of $ 20 million. When he died of a heart attack in 1971 at the age of 54, he left his wife and five children twelve times as much: a total of 250 million US dollars.

Engelhard was named as the template for the novel and film character Auric Goldfinger .

Web links

Corporations: South African Invader. In: Time Magazine. January 27, 1961(English).; accessed on March 20, 2020
Johanna Lutteroth: Role model for Bond villain: The real Goldfinger. In: Spiegel Online . October 15, 2012 .; accessed on March 20, 2020

Individual evidence

↑ Johanna Lutteroth: Role model for Bond villain: The real gold finger. In: Spiegel Online . October 15, 2012, accessed March 20, 2020 .
↑ Game Drives around Engelhard Dam. In: krugerpark.co.za. Retrieved March 20, 2020 .
↑ ^a ^b Milestones. In: Time Magazine . March 15, 1971, archived from the original on February 2, 2014 ; accessed on March 20, 2020 (English, obituary).

personal data
SURNAME	Engelhard, Charles W. junior
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American industrialist
DATE OF BIRTH	February 15, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH	New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH	March 2nd 1971
Place of death	Boca Grande , Florida

[1] Johanna Lutteroth: Role model for Bond villain: The real gold finger. In: Spiegel Online . October 15, 2012, accessed March 20, 2020 .

[2] Game Drives around Engelhard Dam. In: krugerpark.co.za. Retrieved March 20, 2020 .

[Time-3] Milestones. In: Time Magazine . March 15, 1971, archived from the original on February 2, 2014 ; accessed on March 20, 2020 (English, obituary).