John Kluge

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John Kluge was an American entrepreneur and media mogul best known for building the Metromedia broadcasting empire and becoming one of the richest individuals in the United States.

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John Kluge canonical 5
John W. Kluge 2
John Werner Kluge 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
human ⓘ
media mogul ⓘ
businessStrategy acquisition and consolidation of broadcast stations ⓘ
causeOfWealth sale of Metromedia assets ⓘ
citizenship Germany ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth Germany ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1914-09-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2010-09-07 ⓘ
donatedTo Columbia University ⓘ
Library of Congress ⓘ
educatedAt Columbia University ⓘ
Wayne State University ⓘ
employer Metromedia ⓘ
ethnicOrigin German ⓘ
familyName Kluge ⓘ
fieldOfWork broadcasting industry ⓘ
media industry ⓘ
telecommunications ⓘ
founded Metromedia ⓘ
fullName John Werner Kluge ⓘ
linked to: John Kluge
gender male ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
hasAward Library of Congress Kluge Center named in his honor ⓘ
immigratedTo United States of America ⓘ
knownAs John Kluge ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
German ⓘ
netWorthRanking one of the richest Americans in the 1980s ⓘ
notableFor being one of the richest individuals in the United States ⓘ
building the Metromedia broadcasting empire ⓘ
numberOfMarriages multiple marriages ⓘ
occupation entrepreneur ⓘ
investor ⓘ
media proprietor ⓘ
philanthropyFocus education ⓘ
higher education ⓘ
public broadcasting ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany ⓘ
linked to: Chemnitz
placeOfDeath Boynton Beach, Florida, United States ⓘ
positionHeld chairman of Metromedia ⓘ
president of Metromedia ⓘ
residence New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: New York
soldCompany Metromedia television stations to News Corporation ⓘ
soldCompanyYear 1986 ⓘ
spouse Patricia Kluge ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Metromedia → foundedBy → John Kluge ⓘ
Kluge Prize (shared) → namedAfter → John W. Kluge ⓘ
linked to: John Kluge
John Kluge → fullName → John Werner Kluge ⓘ
linked to: John Kluge
John Kluge → knownAs → John Kluge ⓘ
John W. Kluge Prize → namedAfter → John W. Kluge ⓘ
linked to: John Kluge
Patricia Kluge → spouse → John Kluge ⓘ
Kluge → hasNotableBearer → John Kluge ⓘ