Henrik Haggenmacher (November 6, 1827 – June 5, 1917) was a Swiss-born Hungarian industrialist, business magnate, philanthropist and investor. According to

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he was the 6th richest person in

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on the turn of the 19th century with a net worth of 18-20 million

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Life

Brewery

In 1867 Haggenmacher bought a brewery. Already in 1875 the brewery became the second largest producer in Hungary. After

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, the

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, First Hungarian Stock-limited brewery and Haggenmacher brewery had to merge and the production was centralized in Kobanya. Thereupon the Haggenmacher premises became a storage facility. Haggenmacher Henrik sörgyára

Death

Henrik Haggemacher died in 1917.

Personal life

He married in 1854 Maria Magdalena Liechti (1834-1889). They had together 12 children. They were both Calvinists. * Heinrich/Henrik (1855-1917) * Géza (1857-1891) * Walter (1859-1921) * Robert/Róbert (1863-1921) * Otto/Ottó (1864-1865) * Árpád (1865-1914) * Maria Martha/Mára Márta (1867-?) * Melanie Louise Johanna/Melánia Lujza Johanna (1869-?) * Friederike Elisabetha Antonia/Friderika Erzsébet Antónia "Frida" (1871-?) * Alexander/Sándor (1871-1879) * Oscar/Oszkár (1874-1942)Oszkár Haggenmacher Baptism
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Literature

* Károly Halmos : Haggenmacher Henrik és Károly - Malomipar és serfőzés * Marcell Sebők : Sokszínű kapitalizmus * Katalin Koncz : Két nagyvállalkozó család vállalkozói stratégiájának összehasonlítása. (A Haggenmacher és a Hatvany-Deutsch család) In: Bürgertum und bürgerliche Entwicklung in Mittel- und Osteuropa. Szerk. Bácskai Vera. Bp., 1986. * Zsuzsa Pekár Megemlékezés Haggenmacher Károly születésének 150. évfordulóján. Gabonaipar, 1985/2. * Zsuzsa Pekár– István Pénzes : 150 éve született Haggenmacher Károly. Gépipar, 1986/6–7. * Gyula Réz : Haggenmacher Károly (1835–1921). In: Magyar Agrártörténeti életrajzok. 1. köt. Bp., 1987. * Zsuzsa Pekár : A Magyarországra bevándorolt Haggenmacher család. Turul, 1993/3. * Zsuzsa Pekár : A Haggenmacherek Magyarországon. Turul, 1994/1–2., 1994/3.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haggenmacher, Henrik 1827 births 1917 deaths Swiss expatriates in Hungary Hungarian Calvinist and Reformed Christians People from Winterthur Austro-Hungarian people Hungarian nobility 19th-century Hungarian businesspeople Hungarian investors Hungarian chief executives Businesspeople from Budapest