Education
Born in Barmen, Germany, from 1879 to 1882, he studied at the Georg August University of Göttingen and Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, receiving his doctorate.
Born in Barmen, Germany, from 1879 to 1882, he studied at the Georg August University of Göttingen and Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, receiving his doctorate.
After military service in Munich, which he combined with research in the laboratory of Adolf von Baeyer, he was hired in 1883 at the Farbenwerke (dye company) of Friedr. Bayer & Company, which later became Bayer AG.
In his career, he became confidential clerk (authorised signatory) and head of research. In 1900, he became the Chief Executive Officer of Bayer.
Inspired by Standard Oil on a United States tour, Bayer became part of IG Farben, a conglomerate of German chemical industries.
Duisberg was head of the supervisory board for IG Farben. He died in Leverkusen.
The (Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft) was founded in 1949 and was helping Development aid with education programmes for people, especially from developing countries. From 1949 until its merger with the German Society for international Development (Deutschen Stiftung für internationale Entwicklung) in 2002 to form the InWEnt (Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbH) 300000 people took part in the programs of the society.
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
