Karl Rapp
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Karl Friedrich Rapp was a German founder and owner of the Rapp Motorenwerke GmbH in Munich. In time, this company became BMW AG. He is acknowledged by BMW AG as an indirect founder of the company.
Karl Rapp in 1911
Franz Josef Popp
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Franz Josef Popp was one of three men responsible for the founding of BMW AG and the First General Director of BMW AG from 1922 to 1942.
Karl Rapp
…Imperial Austro-Hungarian Army Administration continued to order Rapp engines licensed through Austro-Daimler. On behalf of the Austrian War Ministry, Franz Josef Popp supervised the handling of the order in Munich. The decision by the Prussian Army Administration to order 600 units of the innovative high-altitude…
Appointment Certificate naming Popp as General Director of BMW GmbH in 1917