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August von Finck

Investor · born March 11, 1930 · died 2021

$8.4Bolder estimate, as of 2019 · Forbes

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August von Finck Jr. was a Swiss-based German billionaire businessman. When he died, his net worth was estimated at US$8.8 billion.

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German virologist and professor emeritus

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