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Quandt
Quandt is a surname. In particular, it may refer to members of the notable Quandt family: *Günther Quandt (1881–1954), German industrialist, founded an industrial empire that includes BMW and Altana *Harald Quandt (1921–1967), German industrialist, stepson of Joseph Goebbels *Herbert Quandt (1910–1982), German industrialist, regarded as having saved BMW and made huge profit *Johanna Quandt (1926–2015), German widow of industrialist Herbert Quandt *Silvia Quandt (born 1937), German artist and one of Germany's richest women *Stefan Quandt (born 1966), German engineer and industrialist Other notable people with the surname include: *Bernhard Quandt (1903–1999), German politician (SPD, KPD, SED) *Johann Gottlob von Quandt (1787–1859), German artist, art scholar and collector *Johann Jakob Quandt (1686–1772), German Lutheran theologian *Pablo Quandt (born 1985), Colombian footballer *Richard E. Quandt (born 1930), Guggenheim Fellowship winning economist *Theodor Quandt (18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Quandt
Herbert Werner Quandt (22 June 1910 – 2 June 1982) was a German industrialist credited with having saved BMW when it was at the point of bankruptcy and made a huge profit in doing so. Quandt also oversaw the use at his family's factories during World War II of tens of thousands of slave labourers, many of which perished. Early life Herbert Quandt was born in Pritzwalk, the second son of Günther Quandt (1881–1954) and Antonie "Toni" Quandt (born Ewald). Antonie died of the Spanish flu in 1918. Quandt was afflicted with a retinal disease that left scars, and he was nearly blind from the age of nine. Consequently, he had to be educated at home. Nazi period The Hanns Joachim Friedrichs Award-winning documentary film ''The Silence of the Quandts'' by the German public broadcaster ARD described in October 2007 the role of the Quandt family businesses during the Second World War. The family's Nazi past was not well known, but the documentary film revealed this to a wide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Günther Quandt
Günther Quandt (28 July 1881 – 30 December 1954) was a German industrialist who founded an industrial empire that today includes BMW and Altana, a car and chemical company, respectively. Between, 1921 and 1929 he was married to Magda Ritschel, later the wife of Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. In the 1930s he joined the Nazi Party, becoming one of his strong financial supporters. His descendants were ranked as the wealthiest Germans by Manager Magazin in 2014. Early life He was born in Pritzwalk in Germany, the son of Emil Quandt (1849–1925). Emil had married in 1883 the daughter of a rich textile manufacturer (Reichswolle AG) and he took charge of the company in 1900. He had three siblings: Gerhard, Werner and a younger sister named Edith. Werner married Eleanor Quandt, who after the Second World War helped to protect her brother-in-law, Günther, from prosecution by the Allies. Günther's sister Edith married the owner of another textile company. During Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harald Quandt
Harald Quandt (1 November 1921 – 22 September 1967) was a German industrialist, the son of industrialist Günther Quandt and Magda Behrend Rietschel. His parents divorced and his mother was later married to Joseph Goebbels. After World War II, Quandt and his older half-brother Herbert Quandt ran the industrial empire left to them by their father and which continues today—with the family's owning a stake in Germany's luxury car manufacturer BMW. Early life Harald Quandt was born in Charlottenburg, son of industrialist Günther Quandt and Magdalena Behrend Rietschel who had married in 1921. Although the couple divorced in 1929, they remained on friendly terms. Magda later married Joseph Goebbels at a property owned by Günther Quandt. Adolf Hitler was Goebbels' best man. After his mother's marriage, Quandt remained with his father, who became a prominent business leader in Nazi Germany. Nevertheless, he paid regular visits to his mother, who had become "the First La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorsten Quandt
Thorsten Quandt is the professor of online communication at the University of Münster, Germany. He has a particular interest in online communication, digital games and (online) journalism. He (co)authored more than 150 scientific articles and several books, including'' Participatory Journalism,'' which was influential in establishing the citizen journalism model. He has edited numerous books, primarily in the field of online media and digital games research, including the books ''Multiplayer'' and ''The Video Game Debate''. His work was awarded with several scientific prizes, including international Top Paper Awards, the dissertation award of the German Communication Association, and an ERC grant (European Excellency Programme). Education and career Quandt graduated with a master's degree in Communication Studies from the University of Bochum. He began teaching in 1998 at the Technical University of Ilmenau, where he received his doctoral degree in 2004. From 2003 to 2007, he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Quandt
Stefan Quandt (born 9 May 1966) is a German billionaire heir, engineer and industrialist. As of October 2021, his net worth is estimated at US$23.2 billion and ranked at number 89 on Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Early life Quandt was born in Bad Homburg to Herbert Quandt and Johanna Quandt. He earned a degree from the University of Karlsruhe where he studied economics and engineering, from 1987 to 1993. Career From 1993–1994, Quandt worked for the Boston Consulting Group in Munich. From 1994 to 1996 he worked for Datacard Group of Minneapolis as a marketing manager in Hong Kong. BMW On his father's death in 1982 Quandt inherited 17.4% of BMW, the company his father had saved from bankruptcy in 1959. From further purchases he later owned 23.7% of the company. Following his mother’s death in 2015, Quandt’s voting stake in BMW temporarily increased to 34.19 percent, above a 30 percent threshold which triggered a compulsory takeover offer under German rules. He subsequentl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johanna Quandt
Johanna Maria Quandt (''née'' Bruhn; 21 June 1926 – 3 August 2015) was a German billionaire businesswoman and the widow of industrialist Herbert Quandt, who resurrected BMW from bankruptcy. When she died in 2015 she was the 8th richest person in Germany (and the richest German woman), 77th richest person in the world, and the 11th richest woman worldwide according to ''Forbes''. Career at BMW Johanna Bruhn became a secretary in her future husband's office in the 1950s and eventually became his personal assistant. The two married in 1960. After his death in 1982, she was a major shareholder in BMW and sat on its supervisory board from 1982 until she retired in 1997. Much of that time she served as deputy chairwoman of the board. She owned 16.7% of BMW at the time of her death. Personal life The two children of her marriage, Stefan and Susanne, are also substantial shareholders in BMW and now sit on the supervisory board of the company. Police prevented an attempt to kidnap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Gottlob Von Quandt
Johann Gottlob von Quandt (9 April 1787 – 19 June 1859) was a German artist, art scholar, and collector. Biography Von Quandt was born in Leipzig. He had met and corresponded with Goethe. Some of his own works are exhibited in the Tower of Fresken at the town of Dürrröhrsdorf-Dittersbach, near Dresden. He died in Dresden. Gottlob von Quandt never received any formal education. He did, however, study under people like Johann Friedrich Rochlitz, C. de Renty, and Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. Gottlob von Quandt once rescued eleven pictures of Leipzig's Nicolai Church, some of which were the creations of Lucas Cranach the Elder. This notable act earned him the respect of Goethe. The rescue work also served as the stepping stone for him into a career of art historian and collector of old German paintings. He earned a high standing in the art world of his time, and his home in Rome was a meeting place for artists such as Johann Friedrich Overbeck, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvia Quandt
Silvia Quandt is a German artist. Early life Quandt was born in 1937 in Berlin, the only child of the marriage between German industrialist Herbert Quandt, a man who was eventually the major shareholder of BMW, and his first wife Ursel Munstermann. Her parents divorced in 1940 and Silvia stayed with her mother. Artistic career She studied at the Academy for Graphic Arts in Munich and then trained as a commercial artist. She has worked as a freelance painter since the 1960s. She received the Burda Award in 1968 and the Swabian Art Award in 1969. Works by Quandt can be seen today at the Bayrischen Staatsgemäldesammlung (Bavarian State Painting Collection) and in the Haus der Kunst Art Museum in Munich. Quandt's paintings and graphic works are ascribed to Fantastic Realism, characterised by a tendency towards the Surreal and Romanticism. She has had exhibitions in Munich, Düsseldorf, Münster, Mannheim, Bremen, London, Paris and Zurich. Personal life Quandt lives and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernhard Quandt
Bernhard Quandt (14 April 1903, in Rostock – 6 August 1999, in Schwerin) was a German politician ( SPD, KPD, SED). He was Minister-President of Mecklenburg ( GDR in 1951/52 and the First Secretary of the SED in Schwerin until 1952. He was a member of the SPD from 1920 to 1923 and after that of the KPD. Later he was a member of the Staatsrat of the GDR and the Central Committee of the SED sed ("stream editor") is a Unix utility that parses and transforms text, using a simple, compact programming language. It was developed from 1973 to 1974 by Lee E. McMahon of Bell Labs, and is available today for most operating systems. sed w .... External links Schwabe, K.: Nachlass Bernhard Quandt im Landeshauptarchiv Schwerin. archivar 55 (2004) Nr. 4, S. 328-330(mp3) {{DEFAULTSORT:Quandt, Bernhardt 1903 births 1999 deaths People from Rostock People from the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians Communist Party of Germany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Jakob Quandt
Johann Jakob Quandt ( lt, Jonas Jokūbas Kvantas; 27 March 1686 in Königsberg – 17 January 1772 in Königsberg) was a German orthodox Lutheran theologian, and professor of theology in Königsberg. He opposed Pietism, but sympathized with Wolffianism. He is known for sponsoring the first complete translation of the Bible into Lithuanian, the Quandt Bible of 1735. He was also a librarian of the Königsberg Public Library (first librarian, 1714–18). He was considered an excellent preacher. Frederick the Great Frederick II (german: Friedrich II.; 24 January 171217 August 1786) was King in Prussia from 1740 until 1772, and King of Prussia from 1772 until his death in 1786. His most significant accomplishments include his military successes in the S ... called him the best preacher he knew. In 1743 he published a hymnal in response to Georg Friedrich Rogall's Pietist hymnal. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodor Quandt
Major Theodor Quandt (22 June 18976 June 1940) was a World War I German flying ace credited with 15 aerial victories."The Aerodrome" Retrieved 25 January 2010. He would return to his nation's service for World War II, being killed on 6 June 1940 during the Fall of France. Birth and early military service Theodor Quandt was born in Mollaud, Prussia on 22 June 1897.''Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918'', p. 184 He enlisted in the infantry on 4 August 1914, while he was still 17 years old. He later served as an artilleryman. He was a ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Quandt
Pablo Arturo Quandt Cordoba (born May 14, 1985) is a Colombian footballer. External links 1985 births Living people Colombian footballers Unión Magdalena footballers Patriotas Boyacá footballers C.D. FAS footballers Colombian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in El Salvador Expatriate footballers in Aruba Association football forwards Colombian expatriate sportspeople in El Salvador People from Santa Marta Sportspeople from Magdalena Department {{Colombia-footy-forward-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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