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Klaus-Michael Kühne, the honorary chairman and majority shareholder of Kuehne+Nagel who built the company into a global logistics provider, has died at 89. He was also Lufthansa Group’s largest individual shareholder, making his death significant for both the logistics company and Germany’s flag carrier.
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Klaus-Michael Kühne, the honorary chairman and majority shareholder of Kuehne+Nagel who built the company into a global logistics provider, has died at 89. He was also Lufthansa Group’s largest individual shareholder, making his death significant for both the logistics company and Germany’s flag carrier.
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