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| '''Wilhelm Theodor Grillo''' (15 October 1819 – 23 January 1889) was a German entrepreneur and industrialist<ref name="naming">{{Cite web|title=Wilhelm Grillo|url=https://www.rheinische-geschichte.lvr.de/Persoenlichkeiten/wilhelm-grillo/DE-2086/lido/57c6d6a31e5ce2.61049038|access-date=7 January 2025 |website=Portal Rheinische Geschichte}}</ref> | '''Wilhelm Theodor Grillo''' (15 October 1819 – 23 January 1889) was a German entrepreneur and industrialist<ref name="naming">{{Cite web|title=Wilhelm Grillo|url=https://www.rheinische-geschichte.lvr.de/Persoenlichkeiten/wilhelm-grillo/DE-2086/lido/57c6d6a31e5ce2.61049038|access-date=7 January 2025 |website=Portal Rheinische Geschichte}}</ref> | ||
| == Biography == | == Biography == | ||
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| Born in ], ], in 1819 as the elder son of merchant Wilhelm Grillo, Wilhelm attended high school and completed a commercial apprenticeship.<ref name="naming">{{Cite web|title=Wilhelm Grillo|url=https://www.rheinische-geschichte.lvr.de/Persoenlichkeiten/wilhelm-grillo/DE-2086/lido/57c6d6a31e5ce2.61049038|access-date=7 January 2025 |website=Portal Rheinische Geschichte}}</ref> | Born in ], ], in 1819 as the elder son of merchant Wilhelm Grillo, Wilhelm attended high school and completed a commercial apprenticeship.<ref name="naming">{{Cite web|title=Wilhelm Grillo|url=https://www.rheinische-geschichte.lvr.de/Persoenlichkeiten/wilhelm-grillo/DE-2086/lido/57c6d6a31e5ce2.61049038|access-date=7 January 2025 |website=Portal Rheinische Geschichte}}</ref> | ||
| In 1842, at the age of 23, he founded an ironware trading business in ].<ref name="naming">{{Cite web|title=Wilhelm Grillo|url=https://www.rheinische-geschichte.lvr.de/Persoenlichkeiten/wilhelm-grillo/DE-2086/lido/57c6d6a31e5ce2.61049038|access-date=7 January 2025 |website=Portal Rheinische Geschichte}}</ref> From there, Grillo engaged in numerous mining projects—sometimes collaborating with his younger brothers ] (1825–1888) and August Grillo (1823–1897) or his brother-in-law Daniel Morian, and other times acting independently.<ref name="naming">{{Cite web|title=Wilhelm Grillo|url=https://www.rheinische-geschichte.lvr.de/Persoenlichkeiten/wilhelm-grillo/DE-2086/lido/57c6d6a31e5ce2.61049038|access-date=7 January 2025 |website=Portal Rheinische Geschichte}}</ref> His ventures spanned Essen, Mülheim, ], ], ], ], and ]. Together with his brothers and brother-in-law, he established the Styrum ironworks near Mülheim, which began operations in 1857.<ref name="naming">{{Cite web|title=Wilhelm Grillo|url=https://www.rheinische-geschichte.lvr.de/Persoenlichkeiten/wilhelm-grillo/DE-2086/lido/57c6d6a31e5ce2.61049038|access-date=7 January 2025 |website=Portal Rheinische Geschichte}}</ref> | In 1842, at the age of 23, he founded an ironware trading business in ].<ref name="naming">{{Cite web|title=Wilhelm Grillo|url=https://www.rheinische-geschichte.lvr.de/Persoenlichkeiten/wilhelm-grillo/DE-2086/lido/57c6d6a31e5ce2.61049038|access-date=7 January 2025 |website=Portal Rheinische Geschichte}}</ref> From there, Grillo engaged in numerous mining projects—sometimes collaborating with his younger brothers ] (1825–1888) and August Grillo (1823–1897) or his brother-in-law Daniel Morian, and other times acting independently.<ref name="naming">{{Cite web|title=Wilhelm Grillo|url=https://www.rheinische-geschichte.lvr.de/Persoenlichkeiten/wilhelm-grillo/DE-2086/lido/57c6d6a31e5ce2.61049038|access-date=7 January 2025 |website=Portal Rheinische Geschichte}}</ref> His ventures spanned Essen, Mülheim, ], ], ], ], and ]. Together with his brothers and brother-in-law, he established the Styrum ironworks near Mülheim, which began operations in 1857.<ref name="naming">{{Cite web|title=Wilhelm Grillo|url=https://www.rheinische-geschichte.lvr.de/Persoenlichkeiten/wilhelm-grillo/DE-2086/lido/57c6d6a31e5ce2.61049038|access-date=7 January 2025 |website=Portal Rheinische Geschichte}}</ref> | ||
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| == Further reading == | == Further reading == | ||
| * {{NDB|7|69|69|Grillo, Wilhelm|Barbara Gerstein|138681058}} | * {{NDB|7|69|69|Grillo, Wilhelm|Barbara Gerstein|138681058}} | ||
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* {{citation|author=Erwin Dickhoff |date=2015 |editor=Stadt Essen, Historischer Verein für Stadt und Stift Essen |isbn=978-3-8375-1231-1 |location=Essen |pages=124 |publisher=Klartext |title=Essener Köpfe}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --> | ||
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* {{citation|author=Thomas Rother |date=1998 |isbn=978-3-89355-160-6 |location=Bottrop, Essen |pages=81–90 |publisher=Pomp |title=Gründer & Erben. Die großen Familien im Ruhrgebiet}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --> | ||
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* {{citation|author=Monika Fehse |date=2006 |editor=Horst A. Wessel |isbn=3-89861-645-2 |location=Essen |pages=301–312 |periodical=Mülheimer Unternehmer: Pioniere der Wirtschaft. Unternehmergeschichte in der Stadt am Fluss seit dem Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts |publisher=Klartext |title=Der Gründer der Zink verarbeitenden Industrie - Wilhelm Grillo}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --> | ||
| == External links == | == External links == | ||
Latest revision as of 11:20, 7 January 2025
German industrialistWilhelm Theodor Grillo (15 October 1819 – 23 January 1889) was a German entrepreneur and industrialist
Biography
Born in Essen, Germany, in 1819 as the elder son of merchant Wilhelm Grillo, Wilhelm attended high school and completed a commercial apprenticeship. In 1842, at the age of 23, he founded an ironware trading business in Mülheim an der Ruhr. From there, Grillo engaged in numerous mining projects—sometimes collaborating with his younger brothers Friedrich (1825–1888) and August Grillo (1823–1897) or his brother-in-law Daniel Morian, and other times acting independently. His ventures spanned Essen, Mülheim, Hamborn, Oberhausen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, and Wanne. Together with his brothers and brother-in-law, he established the Styrum ironworks near Mülheim, which began operations in 1857.
Grillo had a particular interest in zinc and the zinc pigment industry. In 1849, he founded a zinc rolling mill in Neumühl, followed by two rolling mills and a zinc white production facility in Oberhausen in 1855. In 1881, he opened a zinc smelting plant in Hamborn and, in 1865, a zinc welding facility in Mülheim an der Ruhr. The Grillo gasworks provided lighting for the factory's own network and Oberhausen's municipal gas grid. Grillo's activities significantly contributed to the industrial development of Oberhausen, Hamborn, and Mülheim an der Ruhr.
The company he founded continues today as Grillo-Werke in Duisburg-Marxloh. With 1, 400 employees, it generates annual revenue of approximately €860 million and remains wholly owned by Wilhelm Grillo's descendants.
Grillo was married to Catharina Kolkmann (1820–1895) from 1843. The couple had nine children: four daughters and five sons, including Wilhelm (1845–1888), Julius (1849–1911), Friedrich (1858–1919), and August (1861–1895).
References
- ^ "Wilhelm Grillo". Portal Rheinische Geschichte. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- "The GRILLO Werke AG". grillo.de. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
Further reading
- Barbara Gerstein (1966), "Grillo, Wilhelm", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 7, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 69–69; (full text online)
- Erwin Dickhoff (2015), Stadt Essen, Historischer Verein für Stadt und Stift Essen (ed.), Essener Köpfe, Essen: Klartext, p. 124, ISBN 978-3-8375-1231-1
- Thomas Rother (1998), Gründer & Erben. Die großen Familien im Ruhrgebiet, Bottrop, Essen: Pomp, pp. 81–90, ISBN 978-3-89355-160-6
- Monika Fehse (2006), Horst A. Wessel (ed.), "Der Gründer der Zink verarbeitenden Industrie - Wilhelm Grillo", Mülheimer Unternehmer: Pioniere der Wirtschaft. Unternehmergeschichte in der Stadt am Fluss seit dem Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts, Essen: Klartext, pp. 301–312, ISBN 3-89861-645-2