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|caption = 50th Birthday Picture of Fritz Hoffmann: page 34 in Peyer (1996)
|caption = 50th birthday picture<ref>Page 34 in Peyer (1996)</ref>
|birth_name = Fritz Hoffmann
|birth_name = Fritz Hoffmann
|birth_date = October 24, 1868
|birth_date = 24 October 1868
|birth_place = [[Basel]], [[Switzerland]]
|birth_place = [[Basel]], Switzerland
|death_date = {{death date and age|1920|4|18|1868|10|24}}
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1920|4|18|1868|10|24}}
|death_place = [[Basel]], [[Switzerland]]
|death_place = Basel, Switzerland
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|other_names = Fritz Hoffmann-von der Mühll
|nationality = Swiss
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|other_names = Fritz Hoffmann
* Adèle La Roche
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* Elisabeth von der Mühll
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|children = [[Emanuel Hoffmann]] <br /> Alfred Hoffmann
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'''Fritz Hoffmann''', later '''Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche''' (1868, [[Basel]] ({{lang-fr|Bâle}}) {{ndash}} 1920, Basel) was the founder of the [[Hoffmann-La Roche]] Ltd. ({{lang-fr|F. Hoffmann-La Roche SA}}, {{lang-de|die F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG}}).
|relatives = [[Luc Hoffmann]] (grandson; son of Emmanuel)
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|occupation = Businessman
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[[File:Fritz Hoffmann- La Roche (von der Mühll).jpg|thumb|Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche (von der Mühll) (1868–1920), Wolfgottesacker, Basel]]
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'''Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche''', later '''Fritz Hoffmann-von der Mühll''' (1868 {{ndash}} 1920), was a Swiss businessman who founded the pharmaceutical company [[Hoffmann-La Roche|F. Hoffmann-LaRoche & Co]].


== Life ==
== Early life ==
Fritz Hoffmann was born in [[Basel]], Switzerland on 24 October 1868, the third child of Friedrich Hoffmann and Anna Elisabeth Merian.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wanner |first=Gustaf Adolf |title=Fritz Hoffmann–La Roche 1868–1920 |publisher=[[Roche]] |year=1968 |pages=16–21}}</ref> His godparents were his maternal grandfather Johan Heinrich Merian von der Mühll; his uncle, the Mayor of Basel, Carl Felix Burckhardt von der Mühll; and Anna Von der Mühll.<ref>Wanner, Gustaf Adolf (1968). p.21</ref> His family were wealthy businesspeople from Basel's social elite ("[[Daig (Switzerland)|the ''Daig'']]").<ref>{{Cite web |last=Möckli |first=Andreas |title=Porträt: Roche-Gründer Fritz Hoffmann |url=https://www.bzbasel.ch/basel/125-jahre-jubilaeum-roche-gruender-fritz-hoffmann-der-wagemutige-lebemann-nahe-am-abgrund-ld.2168119 |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=bz Basel |language=en}}</ref> They provided both employment experience and investment at the beginning of his business career.
Hoffmann was born in Switzerland on 24 October 1868, and died on 18 April 1920.
His family were wealthy business people, and provided both employment experience and investment at the beginning of his business career.


In the 1870s and 80s, Hoffman completed primary and high school in Basel and advanced to complete an [[apprenticeship]] at a bank in [[Romandy|the francophone part of Switzerland]].<ref>Wanner, Gustaf Adolf (1968). p.23</ref> When he returned to Basel in 1889, he entered a second internship at a pharmaceutical company.<ref name=":0">Wanner, Gustaf Adolf (1968). pp.25–27</ref> Between 1891 and 1892 he worked in [[London]], and between 1892 and 1893 in [[Hamburg]] to further his experience in chemistry-related business.<ref name=":0" /> Upon his return to Basel, his father became a shareholder of his former employer, who gave Fritz a leading position in the business.<ref>Wanner, Gustaf Adolf (1968). p.27</ref>
He worked for a bank, a pharmacy, a chemicals merchant and a pharmaceutical trader before going into business.<ref name=Peyer>{{ill|de|Hans Conrad Peyer|Hans Conrad Peyer|H. C. Peyer}} (1996) ''Roche - A Company History 1896-1996'' (trans [[J. P. Richardson]]) Basel: [[Editiones Roche]], ISBN 3-907770-59-5</ref>
On 2 May 1895 Fritz Hoffmann married [[Adèle La Roche]] (1876{{ndash}}1938). It was a common practice in Switzerland for married couples to hyphenate the name, so from this point he was often referred to as Fritz ''Hoffmann-La Roche''. They had two sons, [[Emmanuel Hoffmann-La Roche|Emmanuel]] (May 4, 1896, Basel {{ndash}} October 3, 1932, Basel) and [[Alfred Hoffmann-La Roche|Alfred]] (July 25, 1898{{ndash}}1987). The couple were divorced in 1919 and he married divorceé [[Elisabeth von der Mühll]] (1882{{ndash}}1970).<ref>from the House of {{ill|de|Von der Mühll}}</ref><ref name=Traditionally>[http://www.roche.com/histb2008_e.pdf www.roche.com] Traditionally Ahead of our Time (2008)</ref>


== Business ==
== Marriages and children ==
On 2 May 1895, Hoffmann married Adèle La Roche (1876{{ndash}}1938). It was a common practice in Switzerland for married couples to [[Hyphenated name|hyphenate]] the name to incorporate both surnames, so from this point he was often referred to as Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche.
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In 1894 he formed a company with [[Max Carl Traub]] (1855{{ndash}}1919)<ref>[http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz34658.html ADB Biographie]<br>[http://www.roche.com.mx/fmfiles/re7123011/Fritz_adele.pdf (PDF)]<br>[http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz33188.html ADB Biographie]</ref> called '''Hoffmann, Traub & Co.''', which manufactured a limited range of pharmaceutical and chemical products. His father contributed the majority of the capital, Traub some patents and contracts. In 1896 Traub left the company and it was renamed '''F. Hoffmann-La Roche & Co.'''.


They had two sons, [[Emanuel Hoffmann|Emmanuel]] (4 May 1896, Basel {{ndash}} 3 October 1932, Basel) and Alfred (25 July 1898{{ndash}}1987). The couple were divorced in 1919.
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According to [[Hans Conrad Peyer|Peyer]] (See below) "For his time, Fritz Hoffmann was unusually interested in product promotion" and paid attention to all aspects of publicity from simple advertising to packaging and promotion of key individuals such as pharmacists. He also built up international contacts for raw materials and product sales, and supported research. Following the setback of the 1st World War, these factors helped the company to recover and expand. He retired from the board of the company because of ill-health in 1919 and died the following year.<ref name=Peyer/>


Hoffman remarried, to divorcée Elisabeth von der Mühll, also of the Daig (1882{{ndash}}1970).<ref name=Traditionally>[http://www.roche.com/histb2008_e.pdf www.roche.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128050621/http://www.roche.com/histb2008_e.pdf |date=28 January 2012}}, ''Traditionally Ahead of our Time'' (2008).</ref>
== See also ==
* the House of {{ill|fr|Hoffmann-Oeri}}
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{{See also|{{link-interwiki|lang=de|en=Fritz Hoffmann (disambiguation)|lang_title=Fritz Hoffmann|en_text=Fritz Hoffmann}}|Fritz Hofmann|La Roche}}
:<ref>the House of [[Von La Roche]]; See [[:de:La Roche]], [[:fr:La Roche#Patronyme]]</ref>
{{See also|{{link-interwiki|lang=de|en=Friedrich Hoffmann (disambiguation)|lang_title=Friedrich Hoffmann (Begriffsklärung)|en_text=Friedrich Hoffmann}}|Friedrich Hofmann|Hoffmann}}
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His grandson [[Luc Hoffmann]] married Daria Razumovsky (1925-2002).<ref>"Daria Hoffmann 1925-2002"</ref> She was the second child of Count Andreas Razumovsky and Princess Katharina Nikolajevna Sayn-Wittgenstein, who fled Russia in 1918 after the [[October Revolution]]. Together they had four children: [[Vera Michalski|Vera]], [[Maja Hoffmann|Maja]], [[André Hoffmann (businessman)|André]], and Daschenka.
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== notes and references ==

== Business career ==
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In 1894, he formed a company with Max Carl Traub (1855{{ndash}}1919)<ref>[http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz34658.html ADB Biographie]<br>[http://www.roche.com.mx/fmfiles/re7123011/Fritz_adele.pdf (PDF)]<br>[http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz33188.html ADB Biographie]</ref> called Hoffmann, Traub & Co., which manufactured a limited range of pharmaceutical and chemical products. His father contributed the majority of the capital, and Traub some patents and contracts. In 1896, Traub left the company. Hoffman , and it was renamed F. Hoffmann-La Roche & Co.

According to Peyer (see below),
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<blockquote>"For his time, Fritz Hoffmann was unusually interested in product promotion and paid attention to all aspects of publicity from simple advertising to packaging and promotion of key individuals such as pharmacists. He also built up international contacts for raw materials and product sales, and supported research. Following the setback of the 1st World War, these factors helped the company to recover and expand. He retired from the board of the company because of ill-health in 1919 and died the following year."<ref name="Peyer">H. C. Peyer (1996), ''Roche – A Company History 1896–1996'' (trans. [[J. P. Richardson]]), Basel: Editiones Roche, {{ISBN|3-907770-59-5}}.</ref></blockquote>

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Revision as of 08:57, 2 July 2024

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

Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche
50th birthday picture[1]
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 (von der Mühll) (1868–1920), Wolfgottesacker, Basel

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, the Mayor of Basel, Carl Felix Burckhardt von der Mühll; and Anna Von der Mühll.[3] His family were wealthy businesspeople from Basel's social elite ("the Daig").[4] They provided both employment experience and investment at the beginning of his business career.

In the 1870s and 80s, Hoffman completed primary and high school in Basel and advanced to complete an apprenticeship at a bank in the francophone part of Switzerland.[5] When he returned to Basel in 1889, he entered a second internship at a pharmaceutical company.[6] Between 1891 and 1892 he worked in London, and between 1892 and 1893 in Hamburg to further his experience in chemistry-related business.[6] Upon his return to Basel, his father became a shareholder of his former employer, who gave Fritz a leading position in the business.[7]

Marriages and children

On 2 May 1895, Hoffmann married Adèle La Roche (1876–1938). It was a common practice in Switzerland for married couples to hyphenate the name to incorporate both surnames, so from this point he was often referred to as Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche.

They had two sons, Emmanuel (4 May 1896, Basel – 3 October 1932, Basel) and Alfred (25 July 1898–1987). The couple were divorced in 1919.

Hoffman remarried, to divorcée Elisabeth von der Mühll, also of the Daig (1882–1970).[8]

His grandson Luc Hoffmann married Daria Razumovsky (1925-2002).[9] She was the second child of Count Andreas Razumovsky and Princess Katharina Nikolajevna Sayn-Wittgenstein, who fled Russia in 1918 after the October Revolution. Together they had four children: Vera, Maja, André, and Daschenka.

Business career

In 1894, he formed a company with Max Carl Traub (1855–1919)[10] called Hoffmann, Traub & Co., which manufactured a limited range of pharmaceutical and chemical products. His father contributed the majority of the capital, and Traub some patents and contracts. In 1896, Traub left the company. Hoffman , and it was renamed F. Hoffmann-La Roche & Co.

According to Peyer (see below),

"For his time, Fritz Hoffmann was unusually interested in product promotion and paid attention to all aspects of publicity from simple advertising to packaging and promotion of key individuals such as pharmacists. He also built up international contacts for raw materials and product sales, and supported research. Following the setback of the 1st World War, these factors helped the company to recover and expand. He retired from the board of the company because of ill-health in 1919 and died the following year."[11]

Notes and references

  1. ^ Page 34 in Peyer (1996)
  2. ^ Wanner, Gustaf Adolf (1968). Fritz Hoffmann–La Roche 1868–1920. Roche. pp. 16–21.
  3. ^ Wanner, Gustaf Adolf (1968). p.21
  4. ^ Möckli, Andreas. "Porträt: Roche-Gründer Fritz Hoffmann". bz Basel. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  5. ^ Wanner, Gustaf Adolf (1968). p.23
  6. ^ a b Wanner, Gustaf Adolf (1968). pp.25–27
  7. ^ Wanner, Gustaf Adolf (1968). p.27
  8. ^ www.roche.com Archived 28 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Traditionally Ahead of our Time (2008).
  9. ^ "Daria Hoffmann 1925-2002"
  10. ^ ADB Biographie
    (PDF)
    ADB Biographie
  11. ^ H. C. Peyer (1996), Roche – A Company History 1896–1996 (trans. J. P. Richardson), Basel: Editiones Roche, ISBN 3-907770-59-5.
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