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He was the honorary chairman and majority owner (53.3%) of the international transport company Kuehne + Nagel, co-founded by his grandfather, August Kühne (1855–1932).","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"2 June 1937","date":"1937-06-02"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97739#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Hamburg","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1055"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97739#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"23 August 2026","date":"2026-08-23"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97739#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Schindellegi","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q456214"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97739#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Germany","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97739#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"entrepreneur","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131524"},{"text":"financier","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1979607"},{"text":"consignor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q877558"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97739#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Heinrich-Hertz-Schule","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18625342"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97739#P69"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"honorary doctorate","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11415564","date":"2008-11-27"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97739#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus-Michael_K%C3%BChne","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97739"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Klaus-Michael Kühne born?","a":"Klaus-Michael Kühne was born on 2 June 1937 in Hamburg."},{"q":"Where did Klaus-Michael Kühne study?","a":"Klaus-Michael Kühne was educated at Heinrich-Hertz-Schule."}],"related":[{"name":"Andy Bechtolsheim","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/andy-bechtolsheim"},{"name":"Dietmar Hopp","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/dietmar-hopp"},{"name":"Götz Werner","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gotz-werner"},{"name":"Günther Fielmann","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gunther-fielmann"},{"name":"Hasso Plattner","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hasso-plattner"},{"name":"Reinhold Würth","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/reinhold-wurth"},{"name":"Stefan Quandt","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/stefan-quandt"},{"name":"Susanne Klatten","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/susanne-klatten"},{"name":"Dieter Zetsche","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/dieter-zetsche"},{"name":"Heinrich Oidtmann","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/heinrich-oidtmann"},{"name":"Jürgen F. 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