John W. Kluge German billionaire.  I was Born September 21, 1914—I died September 7, 2012  I'm From Chemnitz Germany  Emigrated to America in 1922.

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John W. Kluge German billionaire

 I was Born September 21, 1914—I died September 7, 2012  I'm From Chemnitz Germany  Emigrated to America in 1922

Famous multibillionaire I'm most famous for my company Metromedia. I died at 95 with a small fortune of 6.5 billion dollars—after countless of large donations over many years. I was the 35 th richest man in America when I died, at one time, I was the #1 richest.

Famous philanthropist philanthropy (fɪˈlænθrəpɪ) — n, pl -pies 1. the practice of performing charitable or benevolent actions 2. love of mankind in general [C17: from Late Latin philanthrōpia, from Greek: love of mankind, from philos loving + anthrōpos man] phi'lanthropist — n philanthrope

Coming to America  I came to America in 1922 when i was around 7 or 8 years old  My first job was at about 11 at a Ford assembly line.

 I won an scholarship to Columbia university, which was later doubled.  I repaid the college with a donation of 400 million dollars.  And attended Wayne State University  Graduated with a B.A. In economics

Founder of Metromedia I purchased Metromedia in the mid 1950s a company successor to DuMont Television Network* which couldn’t compete with other competition

What is Metromedia?  Metromedia is the largest television and broadcasting network in America  founding and numerous popular TV and radio shows across the country  including fox television network

 I founded and ran two hundred companies mostly in media.  At 95 I never retired but was one of the wealthiest businessmen in the world  I was in the us army for 4 years

Interests  I love Contemporary Indigenous Australian art and I enjoy collecting artwork.  I love my estates in Virginia and Florida

My love life  I was married and divorced four times with a three children. Samantha. Joseph and John Jr (adopted)