Carl Heinrich von Siemens
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Carl Heinrich von Siemens (often just Carl von Siemens) (March 3 1829 in Menzendorf (Mecklenburg) - March 21 1906 in Menton (France)) was a German entrepreneur. He is a brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens.
In 1853, Carl Siemens he traveled to St. Petersburg where he established the branch office of his brothers company Siemens & Halske. Siemens had a contract for constructing the Russian telegraph network at the time.
Carl went to England in 1869, where he assisted his brother William. In the 1880s, he returned to Russia before he became the senior chief executive of Siemens & Halske after the death of his brother Werner in 1892. He resigned in 1904.
For his service to Russia, he was ennobled by Tsar Nicholas II in 1895.
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References
- Wilfried Feldenkirchen / Eberhard Posner, The Siemens Entrepreneurs, Continuity and Change, 1847–2005, Ten Portraits, Munich, 2005.
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