Alfred Kühne (14 April 1895 – 16 October 1981) was a German businessman, the son of

August Kühne August Kühne (1855–1932) was a German businessman, the co-founder of Kuehne + Nagel, the global transportation and logistics company. Kühne co-founded Kuehne + Nagel with Friedrich Nagel (1864–1907) in Bremen in 1890. References

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(1855–1932), the co-founder of

Kuehne + Nagel Kuehne + Nagel International AG (or Kühne + Nagel) is a global transport and logistics company based in Schindellegi, Switzerland. It was founded in 1890, in Bremen, Germany, by August Kühne and Friedrich Nagel. It provides sea freight and Frei ...

, the global transportation and logistics company. Alfred Kühne was born in Bremen on 14 April 1895, and took over control and ownership of

on his father's death in 1932. Kühne died in Lenzerheide, Switzerland on 16 October 1981, when control of the company passed to his only child,

Klaus-Michael Kühne Klaus-Michael Kühne (born 2 June 1937) is a German billionaire businessman. As of October 2021, the '' Bloomberg Billionaires Index'' estimated Kühne's net worth to be US$36.2 billion, making him the richest person in Germany. He is the honora ...

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