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    • Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche

    Swiss businessman

    For other people named Fritz Hofmann, see Fritz Hofmann (disambiguation).

    Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche

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    Born

    Fritz Hoffmann


    24 October 1868

    Basel, Switzerland

    Died18 April 1920(1920-04-18) (aged 51)

    Basel, Switzerland

    Other namesFritz Hoffmann-von der Mühll
    OccupationBusinessman
    Spouses
    • Adèle La Roche
    • Elisabeth von der Mühll
    ChildrenEmanuel Hoffmann
    Alfred Hoffmann
    RelativesLuc Hoffmann (grandson; son of Emmanuel)

    Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche, later Fritz Hoffmann-von der Mühll (1868 – 1920), was a Swiss businessman who founded the pharmaceutical company F. Hoffmann-LaRoche & Co.

    Early life

    Fritz Hoffmann was born in Basel, Switzerland on 24 October 1868, the third child of Friedrich Hoffmann and Anna Elisabeth Merian.[2] His godparents were his maternal grandfather Johan Heinrich Merian von der Mühll; his uncle,