Carl Miele (25 July 1869, in Herzebrock – 24 December 1938, in

Gütersloh Gütersloh () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the area of Westphalia and the administrative region of Detmold. Gütersloh is the administrative centre for a district of the same name and has a population of 100,194 peo ...

) was a German businessman. He was a company co-founder of the German company

Miele Miele ( ; ) is a German manufacturer of high-end domestic appliances and commercial equipment, headquartered in Gütersloh, Ostwestfalen-Lippe. The company was founded in 1899 by Carl Miele and Reinhard Zinkann, and has always been a family-o ...

Life

In 1899, he founded together with Reinhard Zinkann the company Miele. The company has always been a family-owned, family-run company. Carl Miele became an honorary citizen of the German city of Gütersloh. Miele was married and his son was Carl Miele, jun. (1897–1986). His grandson was Rudolf Miele (1929–2004), German entrepreneur.

Literature

* * Marion Steinhart: ''Carl Miele''. Ullstein, Munich 2000,

External links

Miele.com

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Miele, Carl German company founders 20th-century German businesspeople German industrialists People from Gütersloh 1869 births 1938 deaths