Occupation Sugar broker | Net worth GBP£1 million | |
Died 17 April 1909, London, United Kingdom Parents Johanne Bar, Moritz Czarnikow | ||
Julius Caesar Czarnikow (1838 – April 17, 1909) was a German-born, London-based sugar broker and investor.
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Early life
Julius Caesar Czarnikow was born in 1838 in Sondershausen, Germany. He was of Polish Jewish descent. His father was Moritz Czarnikow and his mother, Johanne Bar.
Czarnikow moved to England in 1854, and he became a British subject in 1861.
Career
Czarnikow founded a sugar brokerage firm, Czarnikow & Co., in 1862. It had offices in Liverpool, Glasgow and New York City. He partnered with Manuel Rionda of Cuba, who admitted to Czarnikow in 1909 that he struggled to find the right chemist for sugar manufacturing.
Czarnikow was an investor in a sugar shopping company from the West Indies to Central Europe. By 1872, he was also the largest investor in the South Carolina Phosphate Company. Additionally, by 1888 he was an investor in the London Produce Clearing House, and he served as its deputy chairman.
Death
Czarnikow died on April 17, 1909 in London. By the time of his death, "he was said to be the biggest sugar broker in the world", with an estimated wealth of GBP£1 million.