Rudolf Löb, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rudolf Löb

German banker

Date of Birth: 21-Nov-1877

Place of Birth: Elberfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 30-Jan-1966

Profession: banker

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Rudolf Löb (November 21, 1877 – January 30, 1966) was a German banker with Mendelssohn & Co.
and consultant to the German and Russian governments. Löb became personal liable partner with Mendelssohn & Co.
in 1919.
Following the death of Franz von Mendelssohn and Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy in 1935, Löb was appointed as chairman of Mendelssohn & Co.
bank as the first non-family member.
In the 1930s, he served as the Belgian General Consul in Berlin.
In 1938 he was pressured by the Nazis' Aryanisation policy to break up Mendelssohn & Co.
and hand over most of its assets to Deutsche Bank.
Löb emigrated to Argentina in 1939 and to the United States in 1948.