Dieter Bock

Dieter Bock

Dieter Bock (1938/39 – 12 May 2010) was a German lawyer and tax consultant turned businessman. At the time of his death he was one of the wealthiest Germans, with a fortune of £500 million.[1] He choked to death in the Atlantic Kempinski luxury hotel in Hamburg at the age of 71.[2][3]

He was born in the German city of Dessau. In 1953, his family fled from East Germany and settled in Munich.[4] He was part of the supervisory board of Advanta Management, a key investor in the construction group Philipp Holzmann and the largest investor in the Kempinski hotel chain.[5][6]


References

  1. ↑ ""Dieter Bock Net Worth". Richest Lifestyle. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "German tycoon Bock chokes to death at luxury hotel". Reuters. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  3. ↑ ""Atlantic"-Eigentümer stirbt in eigenem Hotel". Welt Online. Retrieved 1 April 2012. (German)
  4. ↑ Gillard, Michael. "Dieter Bock obituary", The Guardian, 9 June 2010. Accessed 28 August.
  5. ↑ Thomson, Richard; Bridge, Adrian. "Lonrho: A lone stranger in Tiny's world: How mystery man Dieter Bock struck a deal for the shareholding", The Independent, 13 December 1992. Accessed 4 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Dieter Bock obituary". Retrieved 10 November 2015.


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