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World · 24 August 2026

German billionaire Klaus-Michael Kuehne dies aged 89

German billionaire Klaus-Michael Kuehne dies aged 89

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Klaus-Michael Kuehne, who held the controlling stake in the Swiss logistics firm Kuehne + Nagel, died on Monday. He was also a major stakeholder in German companies Lufthansa, Hapag-Lloyd, and Brenntag. Kuehne, the grandson of a company co-founder, was considered the richest German.

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