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 and freight forwarder. In 1890, he co-founded Kühne + Nagel together with Friedrich Nagel (1864–1907) in Bremen. Life August was the son of a woodcutter. His intention was to study law, ...

(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. Its main owner and operator is Klaus-Michael Kühne via his ''Kühne Holding'' and ''Kühne Foundation ...

, the global transportation and logistics company and a member of the

Nazi Party The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party ( or NSDAP), was a far-right politics, far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported the ideology of Nazism. Its precursor ...

. Alfred Kühne was born in Bremen on 14 April 1895, and took over control and ownership of Kuehne + Nagel on his father's death in 1932. Kühne died in

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, Switzerland on 16 October 1981. Control of the company then passed to his only child,

Klaus-Michael Kühne Klaus-Michael Kühne (born 2 June 1937) is a German billionaire businessman. In 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 honorary c ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kuhne, Alfred 1895 births 1981 deaths 20th-century German businesspeople Nazi Party members

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