Rathenau, Emil
German industrialist
born December 11, 1838, Berlin, Prussia
died June 20, 1915, Berlin, German Empire
German industrialist and a leading figure in the early European electrical industry.In 1883 he founded the Deutsche Edison-Gesellschaft to manufacture products based on Thomas A. Edison's (Edison, Thomas Alva) patents, for which he had purchased the European rights. The firm was renamed Allgemeine-Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft (AEG AG) (later known as AEG) in 1887. Rathenau and the noted German engineer Werner von Siemens (Siemens, Werner von) established the Telefunken Gesellschaft in 1903. Rathenau was the first to produce aluminum in Germany for industrial use. See also Walter Rathenau (Rathenau, Walther).
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