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170 years
ago, a hitherto unknown young man left Germany for England to market his elder
brother’s patents. This was Wilhelm Siemens, a freshly minted engineer not
quite 20 years old, setting off to seek his fortune in the capital of the
British Empire. And thus it was under his leadership that in 1850, the
Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens & Halske, founded in Berlin only three
years before, got its first international sales agency. Wilhelm now became
“William” in England; his involvement in science and technology, along with his
entrepreneurial efforts, would ultimately get him established in British high
society. And the London branch he founded would become a pillar of the
company’s success.
Before
Wilhelm’s elder brother Werner founded his company, he worked as an inventor.
Werner understood how important English patents were if his innovations were to
evolve into business success. So he appointed Wilhelm to get an English patent
for a galvanization process he had invented, and then to market the process. In
March 1843 the younger man, not even 20 years old, made his first trip to
London to explore the options for patenting and selling Werner’s invention. And
it worked out – he was able to sell the patent at a profit.
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