BuzzFeed - Buzz Tagged "merckle" http://www.buzzfeed.com BuzzFeed, Find Your New Favorite Thing en Copyright 2008 BuzzFeed, Inc. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:04:47 -0500 nomail@example.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) nomail@example.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) Adolf Merckle http://75.101.183.223/rd?type=100&user=scott&buzz=adolf-merckle&c=764BL7&u=7B37&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbuzzfeed.com%2Fscott%2Fadolf-merckle%2F&rd=http%3A%2F%2Fbuzzfeed.com%2Fscott%2Fadolf-merckle%2F

BUSINESS BUZZ: The German billionaire killed himself — by jumping in front of a train — after losing significant money in the current economic meltdown. Forbes estimated his networth in 2008 to be $9.2 billion, but that was before he lost hundreds of millions of euros in the Prosche/VW speculation scandal last fall.

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