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Cadonau & Co. |
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Founded: |
1900 |
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Ceased: |
1906 |
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Updated: 27 April 2007
Notes:
From 1873 to 1883 he was the Singapore representative of the Hamburg firm of Fischer, Huber & Co.
From 1896 to 1899 he was a partner in this firm dealing in the wholesale export of colonial foods.
On 1 Oct. 1900, Anton Cadonau [1850 - 1929], a Swiss from Waltersburg, founded his firm Cadonau & Company when he took over the firm of Fisher, Huber & Co. [H06p315]
In 1900 he managed his export firm from Paris.
He represented the Nestle milk company in Singapore. [H06p315]
He was one of he first shareholders in the Straits Trading Co. [H06p315]
In 1906 his firm was amalgamated into Diethelm & Co. (Singapore and Zurich)
In April 1906 arrangements are made for Diethelm & Co. to take over Cadonau & Co. importers of general piece goods. [H06p315]
He continues as a shareholder an on the Board of Directors Diethelm & Co. in Zurich until 1918. [H06p315]
He died in Ospedaletti in 1929 leaving an 11 Million Franc fortune. [H06p315]
PERFINs 1899 to 1906 [G01]
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