Moriz Karpeles

" Moritz Karpeles, born 1 November 1834 in Tab in Hungary, died the night between 18 and 19 March 1903 in Vienna. He was a businessman and partner of Gottfried Schenker in the founding of the transport and logistics company Schenker & Co. . . . Moritz Karpeles was the son of Mátyás and Julia Karpeles. He apprenticed between 1851-1854 in a general store in his hometown and then worked another year at the store. In 1855, he finished with very good references and took employment as a clerk in the company Anton Bing in Vienna in September 1856; he quickly advanced to a managerial position. Karpeles soon married Emma Bing (1840-1911) [she was the niece of Anton Bing] and the couple had eight children. " See: http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moritz_Karpeles

The same Moriz Karpeles was President of the "curatoriums" of the Jewish Theological Academy in Vienna. To read his many obituaries in Neue Freie Presse, see: http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?apm=0&aid=nfp&datum=19030320..., or look in the MEDIA tab on this page for the full NFP page.

• Gottfried Schenker death notice in NFP (1901): http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?apm=0&aid=nfp&datum=19011127... . Schenker & Co. still exists: history is described at http://www.schenker.at/log-at-en/start/company/history.html . See also http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/23/SCHENKER-RHENUS-AG...., which lists Schenker's original partners in the "freight forwarding" business -- Moritz Karpeles and Moritz Hirsch [http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moritz_Hirsch]. "At the beginning of 1872 [Gottfried Schenker] was introduced to Moritz Karpeles and Moritz Hirsch, both in their 30s and owners of a freight forwarding company. They were impressed by Schenker's plans for expanding the international forwarding business into southeastern and western Europe and for moving into sea transport via Trieste and Fiume. The three decided to start a company together, and Schenker & Co. was founded on July 1, 1872, officially incorporated at the Austro-Hungarian Commercial Court in Vienna. The starting capital was 50,000 guilders; Karpeles and Hirsch each provided 20,000, and Schenker provided 10,000. Despite his smaller share in the business Schenker was to receive 50 percent of the profits."

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