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Jul 29, 1873 Vienna, Austria Died on 29 May 1961 (aged 87)
Swiss businessman (1873-1961)
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About Eugen Scotoni
- Eugen Scotoni (1873–1961) was an influential Austrian-born Swiss businessman from the construction, real estate and film industries.
- He built the first Swiss skyscraper in Lausanne in the 1930s.
- In the early 1930s he acquired control of the large German film company Terra Film.
- He allowed his sons to run it, particularly Ralph Scotoni.
- After the company, along with the rest of the industry, was nationalised in the mid-1930s the Scotoni's left Germany and the film production business but carried on running a chain of cinemas in Switzerland.
- He founded the Scotoni-Gassmann foundation, providing affordable housing to families with many children and to economically weak elderly.
- He was married to Angelina Gassmann (1877–1953), and is sometimes known as Eugen Scotoni-Gassmann.
- Other children included Adrian, Angela, Edwin, Hildegard and Anton-Eric Scotoni, who became well known for bringing film stars such as Sophia Loren, Audrey Hepburn and Roger Moore to Zurich.
