Carl von Thieme (born 30 April 1844,
Erfurt
Erfurt () is the capital (political), capital and largest city of the Central Germany (cultural area), Central German state of Thuringia, with a population of around 216,000. It lies in the wide valley of the Gera (river), River Gera, in the so ...
– 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 (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 worked ...
and
Theodor von Cramer-Klett the German insurance company
Munich Re
Munich Re Group or Munich Reinsurance Company () is a German Multinational corporation, multinational insurance company based in Munich, Germany. It is the world's largest reinsurance, reinsurer. ERGO Insurance Group, ERGO, a subsidiary of Munich ...
, and in 1890 in
Berlin
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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 () 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 and Honour').
The order was awarded in s ...
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
Allianz people
1844 births
1924 deaths