Background
Known as Wilhelm von Siemens, he was the second son of Werner von Siemens by first wife Mathilde Drumann, and was a general partner of the family company Siemens.
Known as Wilhelm von Siemens, he was the second son of Werner von Siemens by first wife Mathilde Drumann, and was a general partner of the family company Siemens.
His successor in both chairmanships became his younger (half-)brother, Carl Friedrich von Siemens. Wilhelm Ferdinand von Siemens (born 1885), who after World War I shortly served as Chief Executive Officer of Siemens & Halske AG
Mathilde Eleonore Eveline von Siemens (born 1888)
He is credited with championing the Berlin to Iraq railway system that was to be completed about 1915. The direct competition such a railway system posed to British imperial domination could have been one of the causes of World War I. Beginning in 1899, he founded Siemensstadt, a locality of Berlin, in order to expand production by building new factories and worker"s accommodation.