Karl Wittgenstein

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Karl Otto Clemens Wittgenstein (8 April 1847 – 20 January 1913) was a German-born Austrian steel tycoon. A friend of Andrew Carnegie, to whom he is often compared, at the end of the 19th century he had an effective monopoly on steel and iron resources in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. By the 1890s he had acquired one of the largest fortunes in the world. He was the father of concert pianist Paul Wittgenstein, philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, and philanthropist Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein.

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