Berthold Hochschild

Berthold Hochschild (March 6, 1860 – January 24, 1928) was a mining magnate, a founder of the American Metal Company, and a philanthropist.

Berthold Hochschild
BornMarch 6, 1860
Biblis-on-the-Rhine, Germany
DiedJanuary 24, 1928 (age 67)
OccupationBusinessman
Known forFounder of the American Metal Company
ChildrenHarold K. Hochschild
Walter Hochschild
Gertrude Hochschild Sergievsky
Parent(s)Auguste Gustina Bendheim Hochschild
Koppel Jakob Hochschild
FamilyAdam Hochschild (grandson)
Zachary Hochschild (brother)

Biography

Hochschild was born to a Jewish family[1] in Biblis-on-the-Rhine, Germany, the son of Auguste Gustina (née Bendheim) and Koppel Jakob Hochschild. In 1881, his brother Zachary Hochschild, along with his cousin Wilhelm Ralph Merton and Leo Ellinger, founded Metallgesellschaft AG. In 1886, he immigrated to the United States, founding American Metal with Jacob Longeloth two years later. He had two sons, Harold K. Hochschild and Walter Hochschild, and a daughter, Gertrude Hochschild (married to Russian World War I ace and Sikorsky Aircraft test pilot Boris Sergievsky).[2] Harold founded the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake, New York and Walter Hochschild built an Adirondack Great Camp on Eagle Lake in 1938.

The son of his cousin was Bolivian tin baron Mauricio Hochschild.[3]

References
  1. Hochschild, Adam. Half the Way Home: A Memoir of Father and Son. p. 16.
  2. New York Times: "Gertrude H. Sergievsky, Tolstoy Foundation Officer" February 13, 1975
  3. "A Review of Helmut Waszkis' "Dr. Moritz (Don Mauricio) Hochschild 1881-1965. The Man and His Companies. A German Jewish Mining Entrepreneur in South America"" (PDF).
  • New York Times, January 25, 1928, BERTHOLD HOCHSCHILD. Former Chairman of the American Metal. Co. Dies at Age of 68.


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