Ferdinand Piatnik
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| name = Ferdinand Piatnik
| image = Ferdinand Piatnik.jpg
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1819|10|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = Buda, Austria-Hungary
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1885|07|20|1819|10|14}}
| death_place = Bad Vöslau, Austria-Hungary
| citizenship = Hungarian
Austrian
| alma_mater =
| occupation = card painter
| known_for = founder of Piatnik & Söhne
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| father = Ferdinand Ignaz Piatnik
| mother = Josefa Reuchnecker
| spouses = Josefa Hohninger, Johanna Grech
| children = Ferdinand
Adolf
Rudolf Paul
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Ferdinand Piatnik (14 October 1819 - 20 July 1885) was an Austrian-Hungarian card painter, manufacturer, business magnate, philanthropist and the founder of Piatnik & Söhne.
Life
Born at Buda, Kingdom of Hungary (now Budapest, Hungary), he was educated in Pozsony (now Bratislava, Slovakia). He bought an Austrian card company from Anton Moser in 1843 and made it to one of the most successful game manufacturing companies in the world. He later married the widow of Anton Moser. After his three sons - Ferdinand, Adolf and Rudolf Paul[https://www.geni.com/people/Ferdinand-der-Gründer-Piatnik/6000000034513874313 Ferdinand der Gründer Piatnik on geni.com] - entered the company in 1882 it was renamed Ferdinand Piatnik & Söhne.[https://www.piatnik.com/ueber-uns/geschichte History of Piatnik]
He died in Bad Vöslau.
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Category:Businesspeople from Austria-Hungary