Chapter 141: Volkswagen Type I
Over the years, Bruno had made his best attempts to take advantage of his reincarnation in every way possible. Since as early as 1901, Bruno had begun investing in a wide variety of industries and fields across the world's foremost powers.
To put it simply, he owned the land, resources, and means of production, either in part or totality, to produce just about anything his mind could conceive on this earth.
As a result of this, Bruno's wealth would soon, in the coming decades, begin to match that of those legendary figures who had built their fortunes in the previous century such as John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie.
While not quite on their level at the moment, Bruno was certainly not hurting for money. And was free to invest as he saw fit. Because of this, he had invested heavily in the automotive industry both in the United States and the German Reich.
Bruno had little interference in the matters of corporations such as Ford Motors, GMC, and all the other major American automotive corporations that would become global names in the distant future. Rather, his means as a shareholder were simply to acquire wealth for the future when these companies peaked in value.
But on the German side, he had been busy working towards a single end. As far back as 1905, Bruno had acquired significant shares in the two largest German Automotive Corporations of the era. Daimler, Motors Corporation, and Benz & Cie. He compelled the two that year to merge under the banner of Daimler-Benz. Something that would not normally occur until 1926 without his interference.
The result of this merger was that the price of automobiles in the German Reich, which were until very recently hand crafted, and sold exclusively to the wealthy elites of society, began to drop as the two biggest manufacturers of automobiles in the German Reich consolidated their assets and personnel into one major company.
However, that simply wasn't good enough for Bruno, as the idea of the middle class, or even the lower-class obtaining automobiles, was still the fever dream of a madman. Luckily for the hardworking people of the German Reich, Bruno had long since begun making preparations towards this "fantasy."
Having acquired the land to build a brand-new state-of-the-art automobile factory as far back as 1903, Bruno had been in his own spare time setting up a corporation meant to bring to the market the world's first mass-produced automobile. One designed to be sold to the masses, rather than the wealthy elite.
If Daimler-Benz automobiles were a luxury that only the rich could afford. Then Bruno's new corporation would be producing cars for the average man and his family. Which was perhaps why he had stolen a name for this company from his past life.