Henry Nathan
Henry Nathan (born March 8, 1862 in Hamburg , † November 9, 1932 Berlin-Wannsee) was a German banker .
Nathan was the son of the businessman Hermann Nathan and Johanna Nathan (née Premsel). He completed his banking apprenticeship at Bankhaus Paul Mendelssohn-Bartholdy in Hamburg, a branch of the Berlin bank Mendelssohn & Co. Nathan moved to Dresdner Bank after intermediate stages at Mendelssohn & Co. and Bankhaus Arons & Walter , also in Berlin, in 1895 . In 1903 he became a board member there. As spokesman for the board since 1920, he consistently continued the strategy of systematic acquisitions of his predecessor Eugen Gutmann . When in the course of the banking crisis in the summer of 1931 over half of the capital of the major banks passed into the possession of the German Reich, Nathan had to resign as spokesman for the board, but remained a member of the board.
With his wife Frieda (Fridel) geb. Henry Nathan Renner had three sons.
Henry Nathan had been a member of the Society of Friends since 1910 .
literature
- Rolf Weigand: "Nathan, Henry", in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 18 (1997), p. 745 f. [Online version]; URL: http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd133670031.html
Individual evidence
- ↑ Join Ancestry. Retrieved April 27, 2017 (American English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nathan, Henry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German banker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 9, 1932 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |