# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-wittgenstein
# Generated: 2026-09-01T10:08:23.950Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-wittgenstein"
name: "Karl Wittgenstein"
slug: "karl-wittgenstein"
description: "Karl Otto Clemens Wittgenstein was a German-born Austrian steel tycoon. A friend of Andrew Carnegie, to whom he is often compared, at the end of the 19th century he had an effective monopoly on steel and iron resources in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. By the 1890s he had acquired one of the largest fortunes in the world."
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birthDate: "1847-04-08"
deathDate: "1913-01-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump