Emil Georg Bührle, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Emil Georg Bührle

Swiss businessman of German origin, arms dealer and art collector

Date of Birth: 31-Aug-1890

Place of Birth: Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 28-Nov-1956

Profession: industrialist

Nationality: Switzerland, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Emil Georg Bührle (31 August 1890 in Pforzheim – November 26, 1956 in Zürich) was an arms manufacturer, art collector and patron.
His art collection is now housed in the Foundation E.G.
Bührle. After studying philosophy, literature, history and art history in Freiburg, Bührle went to Munich.
From 1914 to 1919 he was a German cavalry officer in the imperial army.
In 1919 he joined the Magdeburg Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik and rose up to become a legal representative.
The Magdeburger Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik bought the Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Oerlikon in 1923, and Bührle became the CEO the following year.
In the same year he was moved to Zurich.
In 1929, Bührle became the majority shareholder of the Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Oerlikon and in 1936 he became the sole owner of the company (later the Oerlikon-Bührle Holding AG).
Also in 1936, Bührle obtained Swiss citizenship. From his 1920 marriage with Charlotte Schalk came two children.
The following foundations are attributed to Emil Bührle: Emil Bührle Foundation for the Swiss literature (1943), Goethe Foundation for Art and Science (1944) and the Foundation of the cultivation of the Kunsthaus Zurich (1954).