Gaston de Wolff

Gaston A. de Wolff , completely Gaston Arnold de Wolff , (born November 13, 1903 in Frankfurt am Main , † November 5, 2003 in Königstein im Taunus ) was a Dutch automobile manager.

Life

Gaston de Wolff was the son of the Dutchman Israel Isidore "Fritz" de Wolff (1866–1944) and the German Mina (Wilhelmina) Maria de Wolff, née. Frankel (1875-1945). His two brothers were Artur de Wolff and Otto de Wolff. He was married to Nellie de Wolff, b. Schwarz (1903-1998); The daughter Ellen de Wolff and the son Harold de Wolff (* 1934) came from the marriage.

Gaston de Wolff started his career after attending school in Germany and Switzerland at Frankfurter Metallgesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main . From 1930 he worked for General Motors Overseas Operations in New York City and had various roles in Europe, the Middle East, India and China as well as Brazil.

In the 1950s he was deputy member of the board of Adam Opel AG in Germany and at that time headed the most extensive expansion program in the history of the Opel plant. He had the plant in Rüsselsheim expanded and initiated the establishment of the Adam Opel AG Plant Bochum I in Bochum , which was inaugurated in October 1962. He retired on February 1, 1962.

In 1964, Gaston de Wolff was appointed Knight of the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher by Cardinal Grand Master Eugène Cardinal Tisserant and invested in Cologne Cathedral on December 5, 1964 by Lorenz Jaeger , Grand Prior of the German Lieutenancy . He was most recently an officer of the order.

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Brazilian business. Volume 33 , 1953 p. 85
General Motors World , 1962, p. 52

↑ alexandria42: Valerie Arbuckle and pets, Alexandria, 1939. January 19, 2008, accessed September 25, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Wolff, Gaston de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wolff, Gaston A. de; Wolff, Gaston Arnold de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch automobile manager
DATE OF BIRTH	November 13, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH	Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH	November 5, 2003
Place of death	New York City

[1] xandria42: Valerie Arbuckle and pets, Alexandria, 1939. January 19, 2008, accessed September 25, 2019 .