Arnold von Siemens was a German telecommunications industrialist of the Siemens family, one of the successors on his family"s company Siemens.
Background
The eldest son of Werner von Siemens, inventor and founder of the Siemens & Halske electrical company, and his first wife (and cousin second times removed) Mathilde Drumann, took over the Vienna sales representation of his father"s company in 1879 and established a production factory there in 1883.
Career
In 1887 he opened the company"s first office in Japan. In 1892 he founded a factory for electrical locomotives in Chicago, in order to challenge General Electric"s market leadership in the United States. The factory however burnt down completely in August 1894. When his father retired in 1890, Arnold succeeded him as Chief Executive Officer. Arnold succeeded him as Chairman of the Board from 1904 until his death in 1918.