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Carl Bosch (German pronunciation: [kaʁl ˈbɔʃ] ⓘ; 27 August 1874 – 26 April 1940) was a German chemist and engineer and Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. [2] He was a pioneer in the field of high-pressure industrial chemistry and founder of IG Farben , at one point the world's largest chemical company.
Bosch was born in Albeck, in the Swabian Highlands near Ulm. He was one of twelve children born to Servatius Bosch and Maria Margarita Dölle. Servatius ran a large progressive farm that included a brewery. Robert Bosch's nephew was future Nobel laureate Carl Bosch. Robert Bosch attended the 'Realanstalt' in Ulm until 1879, that included an ...
Huis ten Bosch, an official palace of the Dutch royal family in The Hague, Netherlands; Huis Ten Bosch Station, a train station for the theme park and train service of the same name in Japan; Villa Bosch, a villa in Heidelberg and former residence of Carl Bosch, now the location of the Klaus Tschira Foundation
Robert Bosch GmbH (/ b ɒ ʃ /; German: ⓘ), commonly known as Bosch (styled BOSCH), is a German multinational engineering and technology company headquartered in Gerlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The company was founded by Robert Bosch in Stuttgart in 1886. [2] Bosch is 94% owned by the Robert Bosch Stiftung, a charitable institution. [3]
The Siemens family is the name of a German noble family, family of technology and telecommunications industrialists, whose members were founders and to the present day the largest shareholders of Siemens AG. The family have a wealth of over €8 billion, making them the 5th richest family in Germany, according to Handelsblatt.
Bosch (Catalan:; Dutch:) is a popular surname in Catalan and Dutch. In both languages, it is an archaic spelling of a word (modern Catalan bosc , modern Dutch bos ) meaning " forest ". Notable people with the surname Bosch include:
Carl Pohlad was born on August 23, 1915, in Valley Junction, Iowa, to poor parents of Slovak descent, Mary M. (Sodak) and Michael Pohlad. [3] He grew up in West Des Moines, Iowa and graduated from Valley High School in West Des Moines in 1934. He attended and played football for Compton Junior College in Southern California for a short time.
Carl Celian Icahn (/ ˈ aɪ k ɑː n /; born February 16, 1936) is an American businessman and investor. He is the founder and controlling shareholder of Icahn Enterprises , a public company and diversified conglomerate holding company based in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida .