Friday, January 9, 2009

Adolf Merkle



Before:
Adolf Merckle (March 18, 1934 – January 5, 2009) was a businessman, and one of the richest people in Germany.

Merckle was born in Dresden, Germany into a wealthy family. Most of his wealth came from inheritance. He developed his Bohemian grandfather's chemical wholesale company into Germany's largest pharmaceutical wholesaler, Phoenix Pharmahandel.

In 2007, he was worth 12.8 billion US Dollars by most estimates, and by December of 2008, he was still worth 9.2 billion dollars, a loss of 3.6 billion dollars.

After:
Adolf Merckle committed suicide on January 5th, 2009, by throwing himself in front of a train near his hometown of Blaubeuren, Germany.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Merckle

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