Books: "Three Hundred Men" wins the German Economic Book Prize
Konstantin Richter is the winner of the 20th German Economic Book Prize. The readers' award goes to "Cum/Ex, billions and morality" by Anne Brorhilker and Traudl Bünger.
Konstantin Richter has won the 2026 German Economic Book Prize for his book "Dreihundert Männer. Aufstieg und Fall der Deutschland AG". The book describes how a small group of men, including Alfred Herrhausen and Thomas Middelhoff, dominated the German industry from around 1870 to the mid-2000s. The prize, now in its 20th year, was awarded by Handelsblatt, Frankfurt Book Fair, Goldman Sachs, and R+V Versicherung. Richter's book was chosen from a shortlist of ten titles, selected from over 80 submissions.
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