Alfred Krupp

The cannon king

Industry wedded to the nation-state.

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The steel-and-armaments magnate whose empire armed Prussia and Imperial Germany — capitalism fused to the nation-state and its military ambitions, with a paternalist grip on labour.

social

Paternalist traditionalist who ruled his workers' lives.

economic

Built a vast private steel-and-arms empire.

governance

Tied his fortune to the power and armament of the Prussian state.

Notable for

Krupp steel-and-arms empire
Armed Imperial Germany
Pioneered worker paternalism

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