List of Famous people born in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany

Sophie Opel

Sophie Marie Scheller
First Name Sophie
Last Name Opel
Born on February 13, 1840
Died on October 30, 1913 (aged 73)

Sophie Marie Opel, née Scheller, was a German early industrial entrepreneur. With her sisters Dorothée and Elise Scheller she invested in the Adam Opel works in Rüsselsheim and she managed the transformation from sewing machine and bicycle production to an automobile factory. After the death of her spouse and company owner Adam Opel in 1895 she became biggest shareholder and with two of her sons she developed the company to a leading European car company. In 1895 the firm already had over 1000 employees.

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