What is Aloys Wobben?
{{Infobox person | image = Wobben.jpg | image_size = | name = Aloys Wobben | caption = Wobben (2008) | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1952|1|22|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Rastdorf]], [[Lower Saxony]], [[West Germany]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|7|31|1952|1|22|df=y}} | death_place = | death_cause = | restingplace = | nationality = German | citizenship = Germany | religion = | ethnicity = | education = | alma mater = [[University of Oldenburg]] | occupation = Businessman | title = Founder and owner, [[Enercon]] | spouse = | parents = | children = 1 | relatives = | website = }} '''Aloys Wobben''' (22 January 1952 – 31 July 2021) was a German billionaire businessman and engineer. He was the founder and owner of the wind turbine company [[Enercon]]. Wobben was one of the 50 richest people in Germany.<ref>{{Cite web|date=31 December 2018|title=Die reichsten Deutschen 2021 {{!}} Die aktuelle Liste der Milliardäre|url=https://www.vermoegenmagazin.de/die-reichsten-deutschen/|access-date=5 January 2021|website=VermögenMagazin|language=de-DE}}</ref> Wobben died in July 2021 after a long illness, at the age of 69.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Enercon founder Aloys Wobben dies after a serious illness|url=https://www.zeit.de/news/2021-08/03/enercon-gruender-aloys-wobben-stirbt-nach-schwerer-krankheit?|access-date=8 March 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wobben, Aloys}} [[Category:1952 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:German businesspeople]] [[Category:German mechanical engineers]] [[Category:People from Lower Saxony]] {{bio-stub}}