Heinz Nixdorf, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Heinz Nixdorf

computing pioneer

Date of Birth: 09-Apr-1925

Place of Birth: Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 17-Mar-1986

Profession: engineer, entrepreneur

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Heinz Nixdorf (April 9, 1925 – March 17, 1986) was a German computing pioneer, businessman and founder of Nixdorf Computer AG. Nixdorf was born in Paderborn. The 27-year-old Nixdorf, at the time a physics student, founded his first computer company in 1952.
As the owner, he led this company to become an international electronics concern that had a revenue of almost four billion D-Mark at its peak.
His microcomputers were competitors to IBM mainframes.
Due to his work and success Nixdorf is known as one of the founders, who today are closely linked for the German economic miracle.
He also was an ambitious sportsman and is remembered for his efforts to provide good education to his employees.
In 1986 he died of a heart attack in Hanover at the CeBIT