Heinz Nixdorf was a German computing pioneer, businessman and founder of Nixdorf Computer AG. Nixdorf was born in Paderborn. The 27 year-old Nixdorf, who was a physics student, founded his first computer company in 1952. He would lead this company as its owner to an international electronic concern that would make almost 4 billion D-Mark. His microcomputer could stand up to the mainframes and because of that, Nixdorf was known as one of the founders who were a symbol for the German economic miracle. He also was an ambitious sportsman and known for the good education of his employees. In 1986 he died of a heart attack in Hanover at the CeBIT

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