German billionaire businessman August von Finck Jr. died on November 28, 2021, in Switzerland.

He was born on March 11, 1930. His estimated net worth at the time of his death was $8.8 billion USD.

Von Finck, the son of August von Finck Sr. and the great-grandson of Wilhelm von Finck, who founded the private bank that would become Merck Finck & Co. in 1870, was born in Munich in 1930.

Von Finck, one of the biggest testing and inspection firms in the world, sold the majority of his stock in SGS SA in February 2020. 960,000 shares worth $2.4 billion were sold by him.

He died with an estimated net worth of $8.8 billion, according to Forbes.

He was able to purchase a book about medieval history from the German state of Baden-Württemberg inIt cost roughly 20 million euros.

Finck most certainly sent money to the AfD, a German far-right party.

At the age of 91, he passed away on November 28, 2021.

August von Finck Jr. children: Meet August François von Finck, Maria Theresia von Finck & Luitpold-Ferdinand von Finck, Maximilian Rudolph von Finck

Francine was the wife of Von Finck. He had four kids with her and resided in Weinfelden Castle in Switzerland’s Thurgau canton.

August François von Finck is his oldest child.He invested his real estate and industrial companies into his kids and as faith will have it, they run all his businesses after his demise.