Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach | |
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 Gustav Krupp in 1915 | |
| Born | 7 August 1870 |
| Died | 16 January 1950 (aged 79) |
| Alma mater | University of Heidelberg |
| Occupation(s) | Chairman of the board of Friedrich Krupp AG, 1909–1945 |
| Spouse | Bertha Krupp |
| Children | Alfried Krupp |
| Father | Gustav von Bohlen und Halbach |
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Gustav Georg Friedrich Maria Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (born Gustav von Bohlen und Halbach; 7 August 1870 – 16 January 1950) was a German foreign service official who became chairman of the board of Friedrich Krupp AG, a heavy industry conglomerate, after his marriage to Bertha Krupp, who had inherited the company. He and his son Alfried would lead the company through two world wars, producing almost everything for the German war machine from U-boats, battleships, howitzers, trains, railway guns, machine guns, cars, tanks, and much more. Krupp produced the Tiger I tank, Big Bertha and the Paris Gun, among other inventions, under Gustav. Following World War II, plans to prosecute him as a war criminal at the 1945 Nuremberg Trials were dropped because by then he was bedridden, senile, and considered medically unfit for trial. The charges against him were held in abeyance in case he were found fit for trial.[1]