Lothar von Faber belongs to the commercial record as a figure whose ventures outlasted the conditions that produced them.
The record lists Lothar von Faber as German industrial magnate (1817–1896).
Lothar von Faber was born at Stein in 1817. His recorded nationality is German Reich.
Industrialisation changed the scale of everything: factories, railways, joint-stock capital and the first modern corporations.
He worked as entrepreneur and politician.
His recorded holdings include Faber-Castell.
Commercial success is easy to measure and hard to interpret; timing and market do much of the work.
Recognition followed: Order of Saint Michael (1857), Merit Order of the Bavarian Crown (1862), Order of the Crown (1865) and Legion of Honour (1867).
That the business was built from German Reich shaped it: capital, regulation and market size differ by country, and they decide what is even attemptable.
Lothar von Faber died in 1896, aged 79. What remains is the enterprise and its consequences, which is the only durable measure of a commercial life.
Achievements
- Order of Saint Michael — 1857
- Merit Order of the Bavarian Crown — 1862
- Order of the Crown — 1865
- Legion of Honour — 1867
- Holdings: Faber-Castell
