German Billionaire Merckle Commits Suicide – WSJ.com — Did he leave a suicide note? None is mentioned. The fact that he was in the cement business gives me pause as to what really happened. Not that I want to stereotype anyone.
The family of Adolf Merckle said the German billionaire committed suicide after his business empire got into trouble because of the global financial crisis.
A brief family statement Tuesday did not give details on the circumstances of the 74-year-old investor’s death. It said the problems his holdings suffered due to the financial crisis “broke” him and “he ended his life.”
cant believe you lot taking the piss out of this Bloke….You know he survived 74 years which is alot more than some. Not only that. He watched 650,000 people in his home town die in WW2. He worked in a chemical factory while the war was on. He, like alot of people, didn’t have anything. He started working for A company making generic brand aspro’s and the like…From there he turned an 80 strong employed company in to a company that employed 20,000. He Helped his country pull out of the depression it was in after the war…Employing some 7% of the working population….
For your info. He Owed almost 19 Billion
Euro…..That was what he was in Debt for….He didn’t have a spare billion laying about somewhere. He made some bad mistakes and the worst one he made was the last one he made… Its easy for people that don’t have money to sit here saying i’d do this or i’d do that…But when your use to living the life style your use to and its about to be taken away from you. There can appear to be no light at the end of the tunnel…He wasn’t the sort of person that would flash his wealth about or anything…He was really down to earth…
Imagine if you lost your job..! Where’s the next pay packet coming..? Can you afford to pay that mortgage..? Is there any chance i can get another job…? Put yourself is someone else’s shoes…!
Old Soul…..You are Sadly missed…..
Love wandjina