Markus Liebherr, German-Swiss businessman (b. 1948)
Markus Liebherr (30 March 1948 – 10 August 2010) was a German-born Swiss businessman and a member of one of Europe's top family business dynasties.
He was the son of the late Hans Liebherr, who started the company Liebherr, one of the world's leading manufacturers of construction machinery, set up over 60 years ago in Germany.
Markus was given equal shares in the German holding company in the 1980s when the business moved its management headquarters to Switzerland. He later handed most of his shares back to his family, and ran his own group of companies, the Mali Group, from 1994 until his death.
His holding company, DMWSL 613 Limited, bought English Football League side Southampton in July 2009, which took the club out of administration.
Liebherr died of a heart attack, on 10 August 2010.
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