Obituary
Heinz Hermann Thiele, Billionaire German Tycoon, Dies at 79
- Knorr-Bremse deputy chairman was one of Germany’s richest men
- Tycoon recently became involved in Deutsche Lufthansa drama
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Heinz Hermann Thiele, a German investor and industrialist and one of the country’s richest men, has died. He was 79.
Thiele died unexpectedly in Munich, according to a statement issued Tuesday by Knorr-Bremse AG, the brake-system manufacturer of which he was deputy chairman and majority shareholder. The company didn’t provide a cause of death or name his replacement.