Helmut Horten was a German entrepreneur who built up and owned the fourth largest chain of department stores in Germany. The son of a judge was apprentice in a Düsseldorf department store belonging to Leonhard Tietz before working for the Duisburg department store of the "Gebrüder Alsberg" (Alsberg brothers) company. When the Nazis came to power in 1933, Horten was able to acquire the company from their Jewish owners, Strauß and Lauter, who fled to the U.S.. Wikipedia
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Helmut Horten was born in 1909 so by 1965 he was already 56 years old and had been a wealthy man for many years. So I think his three first Carinthias were motor yachts growing in size up to the launch of Carinthia IV. I have not seen anything about Hel powerandmotoryacht.zeroforum.com/zerothread?id=433
Helmut Horten was born in 1909 so by 1965 he was already 56 years old and had been a wealthy man for many years. So I think his three first Carinthias were motor yachts growing in size up to the launch of Carinthia IV. I have not seen anything about Hel powerandmotoryacht.zeroforum.com/zerothread?id=433&postid...