Olof Aschberg
Swedish businessman
Died when: 82 years 274 days (992 months)Star Sign: Leo
Olof Aschberg (July 22, 1877 – April 21, 1960) was a Swedish banker of Jewish descent who served as head of the Stockholm bank .
From August 18, 1922 on he served as Director-General of Roscombank, which was later transformed into Vnesheconombank.Aschberg was a leftist sympathizer and helped finance the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution.
In gratitude, the Bolshevik government allowed Aschberg to do business with the Soviet Union during the 1920s.His codirectors included prominent Swedish cooperatives and Swedish socialists, including G.
W.Dahl, K.G.Rosling, and .
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