Robert Maxwell

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Robert Maxwell was a controversial British media proprietor and Labour MP whose business empire collapsed after his death, revealing massive pension fund fraud.

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Robert Maxwell canonical 8

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instanceOf Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
human
media proprietor
politician
alsoKnownAs Captain Bob
Ian Robert Maxwell
birthName Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch
burialPlace Mount of Olives
businessEmpire Maxwell Communication Corporation
Mirror Group
causeOfDeath drowning
child Ghislaine Maxwell
linked to: Jeffrey Epstein

Ian Maxwell
Kevin Maxwell
citizenship Czechoslovakia
United Kingdom
conflict World War II
countryOfBirth Czechoslovakia
dateOfBirth 1923-06-10
dateOfDeath 1991-11-05
ethnicGroup Jewish
founded Pergamon Press
givenName Robert
honor Military Cross
involvedIn Mirror Group pension fund scandal
mannerOfDeath drowning
militaryBranch British Army
militaryRank Captain
notableFor building a large international publishing and media empire
controversial business practices
misappropriation of pension funds
numberOfChildren 9
occupation businessman
media proprietor
publisher
owned Daily Mirror
Macmillan Publishers
Mirror Group Newspapers
New York Daily News
Oxford United F.C.
parliamentaryTermEnd 1970
parliamentaryTermStart 1964
placeOfBirth Czechoslovakia
Slatinské Doly
placeOfDeath Atlantic Ocean
near Canary Islands
politicalParty Labour Party (UK)
positionHeld Member of Parliament for Buckingham
posthumousEvent collapse of his business empire after his death
revelation of massive pension fund fraud
religion Judaism
residence Headington Hill Hall
spouse Elisabeth Maxwell

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Fall: The Mystery of Robert Maxwell mainSubject Robert Maxwell
subject linked to: John Preston
Maxwell notableBearer Robert Maxwell