Dieter Bock was a German lawyer and tax consultant turned businessman.
11 Facts About Dieter Bock
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Dieter Bock studied law at the Philipps University of Marburg.
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In 1973 Dieter Bock founded a tax consultancy and began to invest in real estate and investments.
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Dieter Bock converted the building into a commercial building, where he initially housed his company Bilanz und Steuer AG, but sold it a few years later at a high profit.
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Dieter Bock still exists today with its headquarters in Frankfurt am Main and a branch in Halle.
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Dieter Bock then joined the Canadian real estate holding Trizec Hahn, one of the largest North American real estate companies, as a partner.
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Dieter Bock owned the South African soccer team Moroka Swallow from 1998 until 2010.
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Dieter Bock was married with four children and lived in seclusion in London and Darmstadt.
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Dieter Bock was rarely photographed, rarely gave interviews and was therefore often compared to the ALDI brothers.
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Dieter Bock 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.
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Dieter Bock choked to death in the Atlantic Kempinski luxury hotel in Hamburg at the age of 71.