Background
He was born in Kochel, German the son of banker Wilhelm von Finck (1848-1924), founder of insurance giant Allianz and private bank Merck Finck & Company Following the Anschluss of Austria to Nazi Germany, his business benefited greatly when the Nazis seized the Vienna-based firm of South M von Rothschild and in October 1939 sold it to Merck, Finck & Company His son August von Finck, Junior. sold the businesses to Barclays in 1990.