Theodor von Cramer-Klett


Theodor von Cramer-Klett was a German entrepreneur and banker.

Life

His father was Albert Johann Cramer and his mother was Felicitas Falcke, daughter of entrepreneur Johann Caspar Falcke in Nuremberg. He was owner of German company Maschinenbau Actiengesellschaft Nürnberg, which became 1898 German company MAN. Cramer-Klett was founder of German company Süddeutsche Bodencreditbank AG and co-founder of private bank Merck, Christian & Co, which became later Merck Finck & Co, and of German insurance company Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft.
He first married Emilie Klett. In second marriage after death of Emilie Klett he was married with Elisabeth Curtze and had one son Theodor von Cramer-Klett junior. Kramer-Klett is buried in Johannis cemetery in Nuremberg.

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