Overview
- The billionaire was buried at Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Hamburg on Tuesday in a private family ceremony and his urn now rests in the family plot near the grave of Uwe Seeler.
- Kühne died in the night to 24 August in Switzerland at the age of 89.
- A public memorial service was held at St. Michael's earlier this month and was attended by prominent figures including Mayor Peter Tschentscher and Günter Netzer.
- Photos from the burial show his wife Christine Kühne at the graveside with a heart-shaped floral ribbon reading, “I will never forget you. With great love, your Christine,” and the couple had no children.
- Born in Hamburg in 1937, Kühne built Kühne + Nagel into a global logistics company and remained publicly tied to his hometown despite living near Lake Zurich since 1969.