, director of the
Hapag shipping company and former Chancellor of Germany, on their way to New York in 1931 Carl Friedrich von Siemens was born 5 September 1872 in
Berlin. Carl Friedrich is the youngest son of
Werner von Siemens by his second wife and relative
Antonie Siemens and nephew of
Carl Siemens and
William Siemens. In 1899, Carl Friedrich von Siemens joined the
Siemens & Halske AG which was founded by his father and was then led by his elder brothers (today
Siemens AG). From 1901 to 1908, Siemens was a director of the British filial
Siemens Brothers & Co in
London and Siemens Brothers Dynamo Works in
Stafford. From 1908 to 1912 he established and led the so-called
Übersee-Abteilung which was responsible for the company's activities abroad. He became
CEO of the
Siemens-Schuckertwerke in
Berlin in 1912 and chairman of the
supervisory board of both
Siemens-Schuckertwerke and
Siemens & Halske AG in 1919. In this position he was responsible for the resurrection of the Siemens Group after the
First World War. Upon his death in 1941 he was succeeded in both chairmanships by his late brother
Arnold von Siemens' eldest son
Hermann von Siemens. Apart from his business activities, Carl Friedrich von Siemens was engaged in several organisations. In 1919 he financed the
far-right Anti-Bolshevik Fund. From 1920 to 1924 he was member of the
Reichstag for the
Deutsche Demokratische Partei. From 1924 to 1934 Siemens was chairman of the administrative board of the German State Railways (
Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft). He died 9 September 1941 in Heinendorf near
Potsdam and was buried at the
Stahnsdorf South-Western Cemetery. ==Personal life==