Hubertus Alexander Wolfgang Rüdiger Emanuel Wilhelm Count von Faber-Castell (8 April 1934 – 29 January 2007) was a German billionaire and industrial heir.
Family
Hubertus Count von Faber-Castell was son to two German dynasties. His father, Roland Count von Faber-Castell, was sole owner of today's
Faber-Castell AG. On his maternal side,
Alix-May von Frankenberg and Ludwigsdorf, belonged to the owning family of Europe's biggest private bank
Sal. Oppenheim Jr. & Cie. Count Hubertus briefly worked in both family businesses. After a dispute with his father, he left the Faber-Castell family holdings and sold most of his stake in the company to his younger brother. From there on, the Franconian stationery manufacturer was managed by his younger brother Anton-Wolfgang Count von Faber-Castell. Count Hubertus was silent owner at the Faber-Castell Company, as well as the bank
Sal. Oppenheim. The combined stakes in the two corporations, made him a billionaire. Hubertus had three children from two different marriages:
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Patrick Count von Faber-Castell, husband of the German actress
Mariella Ahrens
Mariella Ahrens (born 2 April 1969) is a Russian-born German actress.
Early life
Ahrens was born in Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) as the daughter of a German computer specialist and a Bulgarian ophthalmologist. She grew up to the age of three ...
from his first marriage.
* German-Swiss
Caroline Countess von Faber-Castell-Gotzens from his first marriage.
* Floria-Franziska Princess von Hessen is married to the
Head of the House of Hesse,
Donatus from his second marriage.
China
Faber-Castell moved to Asia, where he pioneered the set up of commercial television in China. When finalised, Count Hubertus sold his 50 percent stake to the Chinese Government for an undisclosed sum. Count Hubertus was publicly titled by the government as 'great friend of China', later the Count was honored to be the first European honorary citizen of the city of Beijing.
See also
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Faber-Castell family
The House of Faber-Castell, originating from Stein near Nuremberg, Germany, is the name of an entrepreneurial noble family, morganatic branch of the House of Castell-Rüdenhausen, which founded the Faber-Castell AG in 1761 and the Nürnberger ...
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Oppenheim family
The Oppenheim family is a German Jewish banking family which founded what was Europe's biggest private bank, Sal. Oppenheim. According to Manager Magazin 2008, the Oppenheim family was among the 30 richest families in Germany, with assets over 8 b ...
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House of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European dynasty, directly descended from the House of Brabant. They ruled the region of Hesse, one branch as prince-electors until 1866, and another branch as grand dukes until 1918. Burke's Royal Families of the World, ...
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1934 births
2007 deaths