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Max Moritz Warburg (5 June 1867 – 26 December 1946) was a German banker and scion of the wealthy Warburg family based in Hamburg, Germany.
During the Weimar Republic, Max Warburg served on the board ('Generalrat') of the Reichsbank from 1924 to 1933, under two successive chairmen, Hjalmar Schacht, (until 1930), and Hans Luther (1930–1933); until 1934, he was also on the Board of the Bankenverband. Max Warburg emigrated in 1938.
Oct 16, 2023 · Olearius and co-owner Max Warburg have already paid €200mn from their personal fortunes to compensate for the tax damage caused by the bank’s role in cum-ex transactions.
Together with his brother Felix M. Warburg, who was a successful banker in the U.S., Max M. Warburg organized financial aid for Jews in Eastern Europe. As the war led to increasing antisemitism, Warburg started to ask officials to protect Jews against discrimination.
Max Warburg was a boy who loved sports, acting, and sailing, until he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at age eleven. Read how he fought the disease, overcame the challenges, and became a role model for others.
Max M. Warburg was a leader of the German Jewish Aid Society and a director of the Joint Distribution Committee. He left Nazi Germany in 1938 and became an American citizen and a refugee advocate.
WARBURG, MAX M. (1867–1946), German banker. His family, the *Warburgs, had been successful in private banking for more than a generation. After studying business in Germany, Great Britain, and the Netherlands, Warburg worked in his family's M.M. Warburg Bank in Hamburg.
