Fritz Funk (industrialist)
Fritz Funk (born December 31, 1857 in Bamberg , Bavaria ; † October 14, 1938 in Baden , Switzerland ) was a Swiss-German industrialist and was responsible for building up the global electrical engineering group Brown, Boveri & Cie. (now Asea Brown Boveri ) involved.
biography
Funk was born in Bamberg in 1857 as the son of a doctor. After a bank apprenticeship, he was head of a timber trading business from 1886 to 1891. In 1888 he married Johanna Bischoff from Augsburg.
In 1891 his cousin Walter Boveri took him on as limited partner and administrative head of the newly founded Brown, Boveri & Cie. to Baden in Switzerland . Funk played a key role in expanding the company into a global corporation. In 1900 he became the sole director of the company which had been converted into a stock corporation. From 1906 to 1934 he was on the company's board of directors, including as vice-chairman from 1911 and, after Boveri's death, from 1924 as chairman of the board of directors.
Awards
- 1916 honorary citizen of Baden
- 1927 honorary doctorate from the University of Basel
Web links
notes
- ↑ An exhibition from the industrial history of the city of Baden ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 14, 2017
- ^ Andreas Steigmeier : Funk, Fritz. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Funk, Fritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss-German industrialist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 31, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bamberg , Bavaria |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 14, 1938 |
| Place of death | Baden , Switzerland |