Jakob Fugger, German banker and businessman (born 1459)

Jakob Fugger

German merchant, mining entrepreneur and banker (1459–1525)

Jakob Fugger of the Lily, also known as Jakob Fugger the Rich or sometimes Jakob II, was a major German merchant, mining entrepreneur, and banker. He was a descendant of the Fugger merchant family located in the Free Imperial City of Augsburg. He was born and later also elevated…