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Benjamin Guggenheim
(1865–1912)

Biographical

An industrialist, Benjamin attended the Columbia School of Mines before dropping out to join the family business. He founded a company in Milwaukee that produced mining machinery, but it struggled financially and came close to bankruptcy before his death. He was also involved in mining. After his mother’s death, he began spending long periods in Paris and settled there permanently by 1911, leaving his wife and children behind. He planned to return to New York for his daughter’s birthday in 1912 on a French vessel, but changed his booking to the Titanic due to a workers' strike. Benjamin perished in the sinking, along with his valet and chauffeur.

Place of marriage: New York
Place of death: North Atlantic Ocean

Son of Meyer Guggenheim and Barbara Meyers, he married Florette Seligman in 1894, and had issue.

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