Background
Warburg was born to a Jewish family in Hamburg, Germany on April 15, 1900 His parents were Alice (née Magnus) and Max Warburg, director of M.M. Warburg & Company and scion of the Warburg banking family.
Warburg was born to a Jewish family in Hamburg, Germany on April 15, 1900 His parents were Alice (née Magnus) and Max Warburg, director of M.M. Warburg & Company and scion of the Warburg banking family.
Warburg was educated at the Heinrich Hertz-Realgymnasium in Hamburg.
With, Disconto-Gesellschaft, Berlin, 1919-1920;
with, I. Dreyfus & Company, Frankfurt, Germany, 1920-1921;
with, New Mexico Rothschild & Sons, London, 1922-1923;
with, Kuhn, Loeb & Company. New York City, 1923;
with, International Acceptance Bank, New York City, 1925-1926;
with, 1st National Bank, Portland, Oregon, 1924;
partner, M.M. Warburg & Company, Hamburg, 1929-1938;
partner, Warburg & Company, Amsterdam, 1929-1939;
partner, M.M. Warburg-Brinckmann, Wirtz & Company, Hamburg, 1956-1990. Member Verwaltungsrat Effekten bank Warburg A.G.
Chairman Engineer of Mines Warburg & Company, Inc., New York City, 1941. Director Singapore Warburg & Limited company, London.
Member Council on Foreign Relations, New York City Served with United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946. Member Wall Street Club.
Married Dorothea Thorsch, February 14, 1946. Children: Marie, Max, Erica.