[Leica] Leica factoid

[Howard Cummer]

Was trolling along the internet today and came across this:

In July 2014 the Austrian press published a new ranking of the richest Austrians. Many of these come from well known billionaire families or are self made. Some are household names like Porsche, Red Bull and Swarovski. Others represent decades of success by Austrian “Mittelstand” companies – technically brilliant and successful worldwide but largely unknown to the public beyond Austria’s borders. 

The Kaufmann family is worth €2.42 billion. The Frantschach paper mill made the Kaufmanns one of Austria’s richest families. In 2004 Andreas Kaufmann one of the beneficiaries bought the camera manufacturer Leica. His day job is as a teacher in a Waldorf School.

Waldorf education, also known as Steiner education, is based on the educational philosophy of Rudolf Steiner, the founder of Anthroposophy. Its pedagogy strives to develop pupils' intellectual, artistic, and practical skills in an integrated and holistic manner.

Howard