August von Finck Sr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German banker
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Place of Birth: Kochel, Bavaria, Germany
About August von Finck Sr.
- August von Finck Sr.
- (18 July 1898 – 22 April 1980) was a German banker. He was born in Kochel, German the son of banker Wilhelm von Finck (1848–1924), founder of insurance giant Allianz and private bank Merck Finck & Co.
- Following the Anschluss of Austria to Nazi Germany, his business benefited greatly when the Nazis seized the Vienna-based firm of S M von Rothschild and in October 1939 sold it to Merck, Finck & Co.
- His son August von Finck Jr.
- sold the businesses to Barclays in 1990.
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