Carl von Thieme (born 30 April 1844,
Erfurt
Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits in ...
– died 10 October 1924, Munich) was a German banker.
His father was the director of German insurance company ''Thuringia''. In 1880, he founded together with
Wilhelm von Finck
Wilhelm von Finck (born 6 February 1848 - 4 April 1924) was a German entrepreneur and banker. Finck was a co-founder of the German companies Allianz and Munich Re.
Life
In Frankfurt am Main, he was a student at the Hasselsche Institut. He w ...
and
Theodor von Cramer-Klett
Theodor von Cramer-Klett (born September 27, 1817, in Nuremberg; died April 5, 1884, in Aschau im Chiemgau
Aschau im Chiemgau is a municipality and a village in the district of Rosenheim in Bavaria in Germany.
Transport
Aschau im Chie ...
the German insurance company
Munich Re, and in 1890 in
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitu ...
was, with von Finck, co-founder of
Allianz AG, a financial services company.
WDR.de:5. Februar 1890 – Gründung der Allianz-Versicherung: Für jedes Risiko eine Police (German)
/ref> Thieme was general director of Munich Re until 1922.
Awards
* 1914: Merit Order of the Bavarian Crown
The Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown (german: Verdienstorden der Bayerischen Krone) was an order of merit of the Kingdom of Bavaria established by King Maximilian Joseph I on 19 March 1808. The motto of the order is Virtus et Honos ('Courage ...
References
External links
MunichRe: Carl von Thieme
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19th-century German businesspeople
Businesspeople in insurance
German company founders
German bankers
Businesspeople from Erfurt
1844 births
1924 deaths