12 Facts About Emil Rathenau

Emil Moritz Rathenau was a German entrepreneur, industrialist, mechanical engineer.

Emil Rathenau was a leading figure in the early European electrical industry and founder of AEG.

Emil Rathenau's father Moritz Rathenau, was a grain trader who had moved to Berlin to set up business.

Emil Rathenau was particularly close to his mother, whom he regularly visited until her death in 1894.

Emil Rathenau undertook an apprenticeship in Silesia, working for a company owned by the Liebermann family.

In 1865, Emil Rathenau was a partner in a factory, during which time he recognized the possibilities of the then newly emerging electrical technology.

The dramatic victory over France in the Franco-Prussian War was ensued by a collapse, prompting Emil Rathenau to sell up in 1873.

Since both were followers of the idea of monopoly they signed a contract of trust where Siemens was producing and selling generators and Emil Rathenau built power stations and laid cables.

Emil Rathenau held numerous positions on the supervisory board of Berliner Handels-Gesellschaft und der Elektrizitats AG vorm.

In 1907, Emil Rathenau established the German South West African Mining Syndicate in what is Namibia and established a research company to study irrigation problems.

Emil Rathenau was assassinated in Berlin in June 1922 by the right-wing terrorist group Organisation Consul.

Emil Rathenau had another son named Erich Rathenau and a daughter Edith.