Background
Born as Cornelius Gossler, he was the son of Johann Berenberg Gossler (who was later ennobled as Baron von Berenberg-Gossler) and the brother of Senator and Ambassador John von Berenberg-Gossler.
Born as Cornelius Gossler, he was the son of Johann Berenberg Gossler (who was later ennobled as Baron von Berenberg-Gossler) and the brother of Senator and Ambassador John von Berenberg-Gossler.
He withdrew from active management of the bank in 1932. Through his American-born grandmother he was a descendant of Samuel Eliot. They were the parents of Baron Heinrich von Berenberg-Gossler.
In 1939, he secured the release of Fritz Warburg.
He was a member of the board of directors of Deutsche Warentreuhand, that had been founded in 1920 by Max Warburg and Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy of Mendelssohn & Company He was also Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Universitäts-Gesellschaft Hamburg.