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The World-Famous Billionaire Has Died: His Fortune Will Be Distributed.

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Klaus-Michael Kühne, one of Germany's most influential businessmen, died in Switzerland at the age of 89. Due to his lack of children, Kühne's network of multi-billion dollar companies will pass to the Kühne Foundation.

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Klaus-Michael Kühne rose to become one of Germany's largest and wealthiest post-war entrepreneurs. Kühne denied until his death that he...

·Amsterdam, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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The death of the second richest German raises the question of what constitutes entrepreneurship and who will continue these values in the future.

·Frankfurt, Germany
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Klaus-Michael Kuehne had no children, and his transportation empire has grown significantly in the last decade, quadrupling in value. His $49 billion fortune will now go to a Swiss foundation managed by his board and wife.

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Klaus-Michael Kühne, majority owner of the logistics group "Kühne+Nagel" and largest individual shareholder of Lufthansa, is dead. According to the company, he died on the night of Monday at the age of 89 in Switzerland. He was most recently known for a Hamburg prestige project, which is still controversial.

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Klaus-Michael Kühne, one of Germany's most influential businessmen, died in Switzerland at the age of 89. Due to his lack of children, Kühne's network of multi-billion dollar companies will pass to the Kühne Foundation.

·Ankara, Türkiye
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Klaus-Michael Kühne, Germany's richest businessman and majority shareholder of logistics giant Kuehne + Nagel, has died at the age of 89. The fate of Kühne's fortune, estimated at approximately $49 billion, has now been revealed.

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ndr.de broke the news in Hamburg, Germany on Monday, August 24, 2026.
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