Hubertus von Faber-Castell

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Hubertus Alexander Wolfgang Rüdiger Emanuel Wilhelm Graf von Faber-Castell (born April 8, 1934 in Stein near Nuremberg , † January 29, 2007 in Munich ) was a German billionaire and an honorary citizen of the city of Beijing .

Career

Hubertus Graf von Faber-Castell was born as the son of two business dynasties. His father, Roland Graf von Faber-Castell, was the sole managing partner of today's Faber-Castell AG . The mother of Count Hubertus, Alix-May von Frankenberg and Ludwigsdorf , belonged to the owner family of the largest European private bank Sal. Oppenheim Jr. & Cie. The count worked briefly in both family businesses. At Faber-Castell AG he left the management of the Franconian stationery manufacturer to the younger brother Anton-Wolfgang Graf von Faber-Castell . In this context, Faber-Castell sold the majority of its shares in the father's company. Faber-Castell moved to Asia, where he built up commercial television in China. Count Hubertus was publicly dubbed by the government as a "great friend of China", and later the count became an honorary citizen of the city of Beijing. The count had three children from two different marriages. Patrick Graf von Faber-Castell, husband of the German actress Mariella Ahrens , and the German-Swiss Caroline Gotzens come from their first marriage . The count's third child, Princess Floria-Franziska and Countess of Hesse, is married to the head of the House of Hesse .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ SPIEGEL-Verlag Rudolf Augstein GmbH & Co. KG: Special Revolution. In: Der Spiegel. Spiegel-Verlag, March 23, 1987, accessed on November 12, 2018 (German).
  2. ^ SPIEGEL-Verlag Rudolf Augstein GmbH & Co. KG: Special Revolution. In: Der Spiegel. Spiegel-Verlag, March 23, 1987, accessed on November 12, 2018 (German).
  3. ↑ Dagmar Haas Pilwat: Successful pointed. In: WORLD. Axel Springer SE, October 6, 2013, accessed on November 12, 2018 (German).
  4. Jump up ↑ The star: Prince of Hesse marries Countess Faber-Castell. In: STERN. Gruner + Jahr, May 18, 2003, accessed November 12, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Faber-Castell, Hubertus von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Faber-Castell, Hubertus Alexander Wolfgang Rüdiger Emanuel Wilhelm Graf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German industrial heritage
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Stein near Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 2007
Place of death Munich