Name Rudolf Oetker Siblings Ursula Oetker | Role Entrepreneur | |
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Parents Ida Oetker, Rudolf Oetker Grandchildren Carl Christian Oetker Died 16 January 2007 (aged 90) Born 20 September 1916 (age 90) Similar Richard Oetker, August Oetker, Jan Philipp Reemtsma | ||
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Rudolf August Oetker (20 September 1916 – 16 January 2007) was a German entrepreneur and Nazi who became a billionaire running his private food company Oetker-Gruppe.
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- Dr oetker historia 3 rudolf august oetker
- Einige Tage im Leben des Rudolf August Oetker
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- References
Einige Tage im Leben des Rudolf August Oetker
Early life
Oetker served in the Waffen-SS before he became the president of their family-run business in 1944, inherited from his grandfather August Oetker, who invented a popular mixture of baking powder.
Career
Rudolf August Oetker elevated the company to a household name in Germany today. The Oetker-Gruppe was one of the symbols of the post-World War II recovery effort in the country.
Oetker retired as executive director in 1981, turning the position over to his son August Oetker (jr.).
In 2006, his net worth was estimated by Forbes at US$8.0 billion.
Personal life
Oetker married three times and had eight children. His son Richard became CEO in 2010.
In 2014, the Oetker business empire was valued at $12 billion, and each of his eight children inherited an equal share of 12.5%, or about $1.5 billion:
After discovering Oetker's Nazi past, his children hired a provenance researcher to investigate the origins of his art collection and, in a widely praised action, have begun returning stolen or looted artworks to the heirs of their Jewish owners.