Dieter Bock

Dieter Bock (1938/39 – 12 May 2010) was a German lawyer and tax consultant turned businessman. At the time of his death he was one of the wealthiest Germans, with a fortune of £500 million. He choked to death in the Atlantic Kempinski luxury hotel in Hamburg at the age of 71.

He was born in the German city of Dessau. In 1953, his family fled from East Germany and settled in Munich. He was part of the supervisory board of Advanta Management, a key investor in the construction group Philipp Holzmann and the largest investor in the Kempinski hotel chain.