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The Oetker family is a German entrepreneurial dynasty from Bielefeld, Germany, who made their fortune in baking powder. The Oetker family was established by patriarch August Oetker who was the founder of Dr. Oetker , a leading German food manufacturing concern, which employed 29,000+ employees worldwide (2023).
In Indonesia, Dr. Oetker operates under the brand Pondan. The Indonesian division was founded in Jakarta in 1978 and then later moved to Tangerang in 1992, which continues until today. In 2000, Indonesian division of Dr. Oetker became independent and changed its name as PT Pondan Pangan Makmur Indonesia.
Oetker was born 30 March 1939 in Bielefeld, Nazi Germany (presently Germany), the oldest of five children, to Heinrich Oetker, a farmer originally from Wiedensahl in Lower Saxony, and Ursula Oetker (née Oetker; 1915–2005), of the Oetker family. His parents were 8. cousins hence his name is the same in the paternal line. [1]
The same year, he married Rudolf Oetker's widow, Ida Oetker née Meyer. The couple had four children together: Ilse (1920 – 1944), Richard (1921 – 2002), Theodor (1922 – 1930), and Ingeborg (1927– 1944). [5] Kaselowsky soon became a partner of the Dr. Oetker company. In 1920, Kaselowky effectively took over as the company's manager.
Oetker was born 20 September 1916 in Bielefeld, German Empire, the second child of Rudolf Oetker (1889–1916), a chemist, who fell in Verdun before his son was born, and Ida Oetker (née Meyer; 1891–1944). He had an older sister; Ursula Oetker (1915–2005). Oetker served and volunteered in the Waffen-SS from 1941 to 1944.
Richard Oetker (born 4 January 1951) is a German billionaire heir and businessman, who in 2010 became CEO of multinational food processing company Dr. Oetker. In 1976 he was kidnapped by Dieter Zlof, a Slovene-born mechanic, and only released after a substantial ransom was paid.
Oetker was born 26 May 1915 in Bielefeld, German Empire, the older of two children, to Rudolf Oetker (1889–1916) and Ida (née Meyer). Her father died during World War I in Verdun, shortly before her younger brother Rudolf August Oetker was born. From her father, she received a relatively meager inheritance in comparison to her brother.
August Oetker (German pronunciation: [ˈaʊɡʊst ˈʔœtkɐ]; January 6, 1862 – January 10, 1918) was a German inventor, food scientist and business person. He is known as the creator of baking powder as a ready-to-use product, and also as the founder of the Dr. Oetker company. [1] He was the patriarch of the Oetker family.