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.
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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 and a member of the
Nazi Party
The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (german: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right politics, far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that crea ...
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Alfred Kühne was born in Bremen on 14 April 1895, and took over control and ownership 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 ...
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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1895 births
1981 deaths
German businesspeople