Ludvig Nobel
Swedish-Russian engineer, businessman and humanitarian (1831–1888) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ludvig Immanuel Nobel (/noʊˈbɛl/ noh-BEL; Russian: Лю́двиг Эммануи́лович Нобе́ль, romanized: Ljúdvig Emmanuílovich Nobél'; Swedish: Ludvig Emmanuel Nobel [ˈlɵ̌dːvɪɡ nʊˈbɛlː]; 27 July 1831 – 12 April 1888) was a Swedish-Russian engineer, a noted businessman and a humanitarian. One of the most prominent members of the Nobel family, he was the son of Immanuel Nobel (also an engineering pioneer) and Andriette Nobel, and the older brother of Alfred Nobel (founder of the Nobel Prize). With his brother Robert, he operated Branobel, an oil company in Baku (now in Azerbaijan) which at one point produced 50% of the world's oil.
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Born | Ludvig Immanuel Nobel (1831-07-27)27 July 1831 Stockholm, Sweden |
Died | 12 April 1888(1888-04-12) (aged 56) Cannes, France |
Monuments | Nobel Monument |
Parent(s) | Immanuel Nobel Andriette Nobel |
Relatives | Alfred Nobel Emil Oskar Nobel Robert Nobel |
He is credited with creating the Russian oil industry. Ludvig Nobel built the largest fortune of any of the Nobel brothers and was one of the world's richest men. Following the Bolshevik revolution, the communists confiscated the Nobel family's vast fortune in Russia.