Berthold Hochschild

Berthold Hochschild (March 6, 1860 – January 24, 1928) was a mining magnate, a founder of the American Metal Company, and a philanthropist.

Berthold Hochschild
Born	March 6, 1860 Biblis-on-the-Rhine, Germany
Died	January 24, 1928 (age 67)
Occupation	Businessman
Known for	Founder of the American Metal Company
Children	Harold K. Hochschild Walter Hochschild Gertrude Hochschild Sergievsky
Parent(s)	Auguste Gustina Bendheim Hochschild Koppel Jakob Hochschild
Family	Adam Hochschild (grandson) Zachary Hochschild (brother)

Biography

Hochschild was born to a Jewish family[1] in Biblis-on-the-Rhine, Germany, the son of Auguste Gustina (née Bendheim) and Koppel Jakob Hochschild. In 1881, his brother Zachary Hochschild, along with his cousin Wilhelm Ralph Merton and Leo Ellinger, founded Metallgesellschaft AG. In 1886, he immigrated to the United States, founding American Metal with Jacob Longeloth two years later. He had two sons, Harold K. Hochschild and Walter Hochschild, and a daughter, Gertrude Hochschild (married to Russian World War I ace and Sikorsky Aircraft test pilot Boris Sergievsky).[2] Harold founded the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake, New York and Walter Hochschild built an Adirondack Great Camp on Eagle Lake in 1938.

The son of his cousin was Bolivian tin baron Mauricio Hochschild.[3]

References

1. Hochschild, Adam (2005). Half the Way Home: A Memoir of Father and Son. p. 16. ISBN 9780618439201.
2. New York Times: "Gertrude H. Sergievsky, Tolstoy Foundation Officer" February 13, 1975
3. "A Review of Helmut Waszkis' "Dr. Moritz (Don Mauricio) Hochschild 1881-1965. The Man and His Companies. A German Jewish Mining Entrepreneur in South America"" (PDF).

• New York Times, January 25, 1928, BERTHOLD HOCHSCHILD. Former Chairman of the American Metal. Co. Dies at Age of 68.